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Sat Nov-19-11 12:39 PM
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25 Worst Passwords for 2011 |
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http://mashable.com/2011/11/17/worst-internet-passwords/'SplashData created the rankings based on millions of stolen passwords posted online by hackers. Here is the complete list: 1. password 2. 123456 3.12345678 4. qwerty 5. abc123 6. monkey 7. 1234567 8. letmein 9. trustno1 10. dragon 11. baseball 12. 111111 13. iloveyou 14. master 15. sunshine 16. ashley 17. bailey 18. passw0rd 19. shadow 20. 123123 21. 654321 22. superman 23. qazwsx 24. michael 25. football more at link
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Sat Nov-19-11 12:40 PM
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Sat Nov-19-11 12:45 PM
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Sat Nov-19-11 12:41 PM
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Sat Nov-19-11 12:43 PM
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4. I've seen people with admin powers use |
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"zzzzzz". And called them on it. If you can't come up with a secure password that you can remember, you are too stupid to have administrative powers. And don't use the same damn ones for everything - make internet email different, network login different, and banking different. I have 30 different passwords that rotate at any given time. It truly isn't hard to remember if you make it relevant to you personally, but also use alternate characters and a salt.
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Sat Nov-19-11 01:58 PM
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Sat Nov-19-11 02:18 PM
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14. Yes, 30 passwords ARE hard to remember |
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If you have any sort of short-term memory loss (as I do).
Please consider making your point without being unsympathetic to those less fortunate than you. :)
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Sat Nov-19-11 02:56 PM
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17. One option is to use a master password |
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that provides you access to all your other logins and passwords. Ideas include 1) your browser's built-in password storage, 2) a standalone program (for example, KeePass (I have never used it)), 3) a simple text file listing your actual, or cues to, passwords; you can encrypt/decrypt that file as necessary.
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Sat Nov-19-11 12:45 PM
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sigh... I can't tell you how many Michaels I've known and are in our family. People need to let that name go for a generation!
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Sat Nov-19-11 12:54 PM
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7. I can't believe people actually |
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Sat Nov-19-11 01:30 PM
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would probably be more secure. :)
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Sat Nov-19-11 01:07 PM
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9. I tend to use crappy easy to remember/steal PWs on websites I have nothing important on. |
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Sat Nov-19-11 01:32 PM
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11. Surprised Some Sites Even Allowed Those Passwords |
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Many places I have had to enter passwords gave a gauge of weak or strong and too weak of one they would reject it. Also many use the same password in all their sites they visit. It's a pain but I won't do that either.
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Sat Nov-19-11 01:37 PM
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12. Damn. That list really hasn't changed much in 20+ years. |
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At least half of those are the obvious ones to try. "ashley" and "bailey" are definitely newer.
I had an employee ten years ago who was relatively talented at programming, but a lazy bastard. As a routine security check, I connected to one of our web servers, entered his last name for "user" and the word "bob" for the password. I had full admin access to the thing. ANYBODY who knew the guy would have known that was an obvious choice for a password because he used it as a joke all the time. And he went by his last name. I was fucking pissed.
The next day, he tried to explain how it was a "necessity" because he was on-site and one of our clients had to get access in one of their programs. He was just too lazy to create a rights-restricted user. There was no way to get access to the client's server remotely so I made him create a new user with the minimum necessary rights and a REAL password and then get his ass over there and fix the damn code. I should have just fired him, but he complied and knew better than to make the same mistake again.
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Sat Nov-19-11 02:21 PM
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15. no one will ever guess this "12369874", unhackable |
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