Submitted by MitchTobol on

Don't use these

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With the latest news of the largest security breach at Anthem I thought it might be a good public service to list the Top 25 most used passwords (as compiled by SplashData). I hope you don't use these.

 

Rank Password
1 123456
2 password
3 12345
4 12345678
5 qwerty
6 123456789
7 1234
8 baseball
9 dragon
10 football
11 1234567
12 monkey
13 letmein
14 abc123
15 111111
16 mustang
17 access
18 shadow
19 master
20 michael
21 superman
22 696969
23 123123
24 batman
25 trustno1

 

SplashData also offers these tips to be safer from hackers online:

  • Use passwords of eight characters or more with mixed types of characters.
  • Avoid using the same username/password combination for multiple websites.

 

And as a back up, because we all have difficulty remembering our passwords, write them down in a little journal.

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Fred Klein

My passwords are all a variation on a dearly departed pet's name in another language, plus my numbers.

Submitted by NULL (not verified) on Fri, 02/06/2015 - 22:57

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I use a combination of different names and such…mix in numbers and characters. Of course it's difficult to remember them, so I use a app - "Keeper" - to help me remember them. It's free on one devise, but there is a charge if you want to sync the passwords on several devices…But I am hopeful that soon passwords will be obsolete - as different site are using newer sign in options.
Corey Bearak

It's funny but my first password was for my phone answering machines. My second my Atm and now the little bookWebmaster notes runs several pages long.
But it goes beyond passwords to user names to even server names (Jonathan created some interesting ones) or the name of my home on FourSquare (credit Marisa).
In my teens since I was the MLB I preferred 62 (wonder if any now why?)
Cynthia Somma

Funny pws are getting longer and harder to recall. I long for the 4 digit world..or less
Recently I was asked a security question that I am sure I answered many many years ago... "What was your first concert?."
Who could forget that..It was U2.
Apparently not, as the pw requires 4 letters. So now I rewrote my own history.
Rona Gura

I'm thinking that now that no one is using these passwords, I could switch to them. :)

Submitted by RoxanneBrowning on Mon, 02/09/2015 - 00:45

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Roxanne Browning

My method is pattern passwords, look at your keyboard, create a patten of 8 letters/number and all you have to do is remember the pattern. Easy!

Submitted by Erik_Scheibe on Tue, 02/10/2015 - 01:15

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Erik Scheibe

am I just missing the relevance of "qwerty?"

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