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These are the 25 internet passwords you must not use
MSN News ^ | 1/20/16 | MSN News

Posted on 01/20/2016 6:32:44 AM PST by 5150 FREEPER

Internet security software firm SplashData has released its annual list of passwords of the worst and most common passwords that you absolutely must not use. If you use any of the ones we list below, you must change them immediately.

They might be easier for you to remember, but they are also equally as easy for hackers to guess. Indeed, many of them are probably preset by malicious software algorithms looking to get into your accounts.

So if you have any wish to keep your money in your bank, your Twitter or Facebook accounts your own, or don't want a spouse to find out about your extramarital affair, the list contains the passwords you need to avoid.

Microsoft has some good tips on how to choose safe, alternative passwords. It says that a good password should be eight or more characters long, not be your user name, real name or company name, and, in fact, not contain a complete word at all.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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Darn now everybody knows my 25 passwords:

1.123456 2.password 3.12345678 4.qwerty 5.12345 6.123456789 7.football 8.1234 9.1234567 10.baseball 11.welcome 12.1234567890 13.abc123 14.111111 15.1qaz2wsx 16.dragon 17.master 18.monkey 19.letmein 20.login 21.princess 22.qwertyuiop 23.solo 24.passw0rd 25.starwars

1 posted on 01/20/2016 6:32:44 AM PST by 5150 FREEPER
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To: 5150 FREEPER

Darn, these are so much more clever than mine. How could I have missed them?


2 posted on 01/20/2016 6:36:43 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: 5150 FREEPER

The Shorter Oxford Dictionary is an excellent source of passwords.


3 posted on 01/20/2016 6:36:49 AM PST by markoman (If one gun is justified.....they all are.)
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To: markoman

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious works or me...oops : )


4 posted on 01/20/2016 6:40:46 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Heck, some of mine were F**ky**obama. Guess I have to change it huh?


5 posted on 01/20/2016 6:40:46 AM PST by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: markoman
The Shorter Oxford Dictionary is an excellent source of passwords.

I've heard differently; that password-cracking programs have lists of many, many words in the language. The best ones are those that have 'special' characters mixed with letters and numbers, but using a '!' instead of a '1', or '$' instead of a 's' might not be quite strong enough for sites or applications where you really, REALLY want to keep the hackers out.

6 posted on 01/20/2016 6:41:59 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (Democrat Drinking Game - Every time they mention a new social program, chug someone else's beer.)
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To: 5150 FREEPER

From MST3K:

Letmeontheinformationsuperhighwayyou@$&-++%$##&-$$%!!!!


7 posted on 01/20/2016 6:45:34 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: 5150 FREEPER

26:

leaveMEtheEFFalone-123


8 posted on 01/20/2016 6:48:28 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: 5150 FREEPER

1.123456
2.password
3.12345678
4.qwerty
5.12345
6.123456789
7.football
8.1234
9.1234567
10.baseball
11.welcome
12.1234567890
13.abc123
14.111111
15.1qaz2wsx
16.dragon
17.master
18.monkey
19.letmein
20.login
21.princess
22.qwertyuiop
23.solo
24.passw0rd
25.starwars

26.admin


9 posted on 01/20/2016 6:51:36 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: 5150 FREEPER

If you’re stupid enough to use passwords like this to protect your accounts, you shouldn’t even be using a computer.


10 posted on 01/20/2016 6:51:46 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: 5150 FREEPER

0b@m@IsAH0m0$exu@lC0mm13.


11 posted on 01/20/2016 6:53:25 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

I use a combination of words,numbers, and symbols.
The dictionary also includes words that are considered archaic,
which is kind of a shame.

Marko


12 posted on 01/20/2016 6:55:43 AM PST by markoman (If one gun is justified.....they all are.)
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To: 5150 FREEPER

I always use the same password:

**********


13 posted on 01/20/2016 6:57:34 AM PST by moovova
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To: jsanders2001

Hey...I’m going to steal that!!

....oh....wait....


14 posted on 01/20/2016 6:57:53 AM PST by markoman (If one gun is justified.....they all are.)
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To: 5150 FREEPER

As a network and security professional, my recommendation is for users to develop their own personal set of sayings or sentances and then use the first letter of each word in that sentance.

For example:

I Love My Wife - ilmw

Now obviously this is not long enough but it provides an example of how to use this method.

Another method is the two or three word password. The two words selected should not be directly related to you. So no names, or addresses, etc.

Examples:
SkyMaster
NavyOrange
foryourconsideration

For additional security, you can substute numbers for some letters. Number 1 or the ! makes a good substitute for L or I. 2 can be substituted for the word to “to” as in 2day. 3 can replace the letter E (looks like a backwards E. Zero can replace the letter o. So:

SkyMast3r
Navy0range
4yourconsiderat!0n


15 posted on 01/20/2016 6:58:46 AM PST by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: 5150 FREEPER

Fox Mulder’s was “TrustN01”. Surprised that didn’t make the list. Then again the millennials probably have no idea who Fox Mulder is.


16 posted on 01/20/2016 7:01:20 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: PIF

NSAmasterpasswordforeverything


17 posted on 01/20/2016 7:01:26 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: tanknetter
millennials probably have no idea who Fox Mulder is.

They will after next week.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/january-2016-tv-premiere-dates-062634155.html


18 posted on 01/20/2016 7:04:18 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: 5150 FREEPER
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19 posted on 01/20/2016 7:04:44 AM PST by mkjessup (Sarah Palin says "GO TRUMP GO!!!!")
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To: Buckeye McFrog

My god how did you uncover the password I would have used when I worked there if there had been computers smaller than a room?


20 posted on 01/20/2016 7:10:31 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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