What's your password? Is it "password"?
Funny question. But sometimes its true.
The word "password" is the most commonly used password according to
SplashData, provider of password management application. They showed a list of worst internet passwords of 2011.
Here is the 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
Suggestion: If you see your password above, you change it.
Most of the people are encouraged to select strong passwords, but they still continue to choose weak, easy-to-guess ones. Those people are at risk from identity theft, fraud, and hackers.
Tips: When choosing a password, produce 8 or more characters. Also include special characters and combine them with alphanumeric symbols, example password "bCn>23_=". Also, combine capitalized letters with small letters.
Don't use the same password and username on multiple website accounts.
If you want, you can use an online password manager for your accounts.
Well, I personally use 32 or more character passwords, uniques on each website account. I still managed to remember them though.
All I can say is, better be safe than sorry.
