Dear Geek,
I know I’m supposed to choose a password that is hard to guess, but my coworker just uses “password” as her password. She says that no one will guess that because it’s so simple.
Signed,
Password “Blank”
Dear Blank,
Splash Data has recently compiled it list of the “Worst Passwords of 2012”. They compiled its list based on files containing millions of stolen passwords posted online by hackers. If your password is on this list, I suggest that you change it…immediately!
1. password
2. 123456
3. 12345678
4. abc123
5. qwerty
6. monkey
7. letmein
8. dragon
9. 111111
10. baseball
11. iloveyou
12. trustno1
13. 1234567
14. sunshine
15. master
16. 123123
17. welcome
18. shadow
19. ashley
20. football
21. jesus
22. michael
23. ninja
24. mustang
25. password1
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