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Topic: Security — February 8th, 2007
Author: Dan |
The password trends show that the average user cares less about choosing a strong password and more about memorability.
Our life these days is largely dependent on passwords whether shopping online, transferring funds or sending emails passwords have a part to play.
With fraudsters more and more turning online to get money and we all hear about security breaches and fraud stories all the time.
It still amazes us how people think of passwords as a word they can remember easy, it might just be time for a change if your password is listed here.
Top 10 Most Common Passwords
10. Thomas
9. arsenal
8. monkey
7. charlie
6. qwerty
5. 123456
4. letmein
3. liverpool
2. password
1. 123
Family and friends names mostly I find used.
Comment by Dan — February 8, 2007 @ 11:10 pm
While this is a good list it is a list of static passwords.
There is also a good pattern or sequence in the choosing or guessing passwords.
1) Address
2) phone number
3) name of spouse or model of car
Perhaps the name of the pet ( dog or cat) should precede the name of the spouse in this list
4) dog
www.jerkbossesihaveknown.com
www.glendalegolfs.com
Comment by adgerlinux — February 9, 2007 @ 12:13 pm
What is the source of this password list? No source is cited in the article. Were they simply made up by the author?
-rrn
Comment by rrnwmvmopnyzv — February 9, 2007 @ 3:31 pm
You can find the original source on Modern Life is Rubbish
Comment by Dan — February 13, 2007 @ 10:41 am
so we got 123 and I can understand people being so stupid to use it, but where is abc
Comment by Harry — April 16, 2007 @ 4:48 pm
I think 12ihbi5hdu344 should be on the list
Comment by Robert — April 16, 2007 @ 4:49 pm
wheres admin thats got to be a common password
Comment by Sam — April 16, 2007 @ 4:50 pm
Now I live in the uk and see arsenal as a top 10 password, where’s my team must be a top question by half of the UK.
Comment by Scott — April 30, 2007 @ 7:39 am
Passwords have to be different for any site. There is PassPack to manage them. It is secure and online at www.passpack.com
It is free!
Comment by Francesco — January 10, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
he go on this site bugmenot.com
it gives your passwords to sites
Comment by oisin — January 29, 2008 @ 8:32 pm