After all the hacks, leaks, and fappenings we went through, you won’t believe that people are still using the same terrible passwords they were using since 2012.
These are the top 25 worst passwords people are using, according to the fifth annual SplashData chart. You can also see how some passwords remained unchanged on their spots through 2014 while some jump up a few spots.
Password / Change from 2014
- 123456 / Unchanged
- password / Unchanged
- 12345678 / Up 1
- qwerty / Up 1
- 12345 / Down 2
- 123456789 / Unchanged
- football / Up 3
- 1234 / Down 1
- 1234567 / Up 2
- baseball / Down 2
- welcome / New
- 1234567890 / New
- abc123 / Up 1
- 111111 / Up 1
- 1qaz2wsx / New
- dragon / Down 7
- master / Up 2
- monkey / Down 6
- letmein / Down 6
- login / New
- princess / New
- qwertyuiop / New
- solo / New
- passw0rd / New
- starwars / New
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People, it’s time we retire these passwords once and for all. Now if have hard time coming up with strong passwords, here’s some great advice from Edward Snowden.
And check out LastPass to learn how to manage all your passwords in one place.
[Via: Too many people still use terrible passwords Engadget ]
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