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2009-01-03T03:18:32Z

BoingBoing has the 500 worst passwords. We'll sum it up: if your password is password, 123456, or 696969, say goodbye to your identity.

Comment from tweemo on 2009-01-06

2009-01-06T10:46:55Z

@joe.glass: lol

Comment from tweemo on 2009-01-06

2009-01-06T10:44:55Z

@bnelson333: Numbers and special characters really aren't necessary. What you shouldn't do is use single dictionary words or obvious phrases. My most frequent password is a phrase that is completely impossible to guess, but I remember it because they're all real words.

Sorry... I just hate it when websites force you to use a number or something. Those are invariably the sites I forget my password for. There are enough letters in the alphabet to make a secure password.

Comment from joe.glass on 2009-01-05

2009-01-05T17:40:18Z

If you just use a combo of line 44 you get sexy-gandalf-5150-leather-cumming....now that's disturbing, and hacker safe!

Comment from Charles Mousseau on 2009-01-04

2009-01-05T03:37:39Z

I'm with the guy in that article commentor's list: I'm stunned that there was no "reindeer", "flotilla" or "reindeerflotilla" anywhere. I guess anyone nerdy enough to watch TRON is nerdy enough to know how to pick a strong password :)

Comment from RandomHookup on 2009-01-04

2009-01-04T22:40:42Z

@Necroposting_SteveDave: Actually both. And I still hold that against him.

Comment from Anonymous on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T23:28:06Z

Now, then, as I so meticulously pointed out, the four most-used passwords are: love, sex, secret, and God. So, would your holiness care to change her password?

Comment from Circa 2009 _SteveDave on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T22:00:18Z

@RandomHookup: Your Dad, or his middle name?

Comment from RandomHookup on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T21:13:21Z

I had a bank site ask me for my Dad's middle name (as an additional security level) and it rejected it as "too short".

Comment from nforcer on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T20:30:38Z

I don't know about this list. "o" appears twice.

Comment from rbcat on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T16:55:14Z

Nonsense. Everyone knows that the most popular passwords, in order, are love, sex, secret and god.

Comment from goodywitch on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T12:26:19Z

@goodywitch: ok, incorrect use of sarcasm, too used to typing in another forum. sorry!

Comment from snapdoodle on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T12:25:05Z

@OwenCatherwood:

Ah, i guess it'd be too much to think no one would make the Spaceballs ref before me.

Comment from goodywitch on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T12:24:51Z

my password is *******

/sarcasm

Comment from Suttin on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T11:18:00Z

What if your password is a combination of all 500 of those?

Comment from Bargaineering.com on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T10:32:04Z

mustang???

Comment from MacGyver on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T10:29:25Z

111111 and 11111111 are listed but 1111111 is not. Whew, I'm safe...

Comment from Vincent Jacquemin on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T08:27:11Z

My password is impossible to guess:

okdy8*hhdt%$#G&TT

Comment from OwenCatherwood on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T07:10:55Z

@ALex Davis: "12345? Amazing! I've got that same combination on my luggage!"
/oblig continuation

Comment from elemeno on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T06:45:47Z

I recently started using 1Password. I previously used a small handful of so-so passwords for everything. Now I've got super-strong unique passwords for all the important stuff. They also have an iPhone app too so I'm not screwed when I need to check stuff on the go. Mac folks should definitely check it out.

Comment from ALex Davis on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T05:15:53Z

"12345? That's the stupidest password I've ever heard. It's the kind of combination an idiot would put on his luggage!"
/oblig

Comment from Chris Lehr on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T05:10:55Z

pingback from [chrislehr.com]

Great reminder for IT folks. I even sent this one to mom and dad.

Comment from Circa 2009 _SteveDave on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T05:07:54Z

For things that I need really secure, I use a sentence, minus the spaces. I got the idea from Sneakers(No, mine is not, "My name is the password"). It allows you to add punctuation marks, capitol letters, etc... and can be quite easy to remember. Mine is currently 25 characters, and I never really have to think about it. Whenever I enter it somewhere that rates your password when you create it, it always comes up "very strong".

Comment from Crabby Cakes on 2009-01-03

2009-01-03T05:01:19Z

I can't believe how many people use their FIRST NAME as their password. The mind, it boggles!

Comment from Zyada on 2009-01-02

2009-01-03T04:18:38Z

I like how "trustno1" is #32

Someone ought to do an analysis - 15% are obscene, 3% are numbers (does 696969 come under one heading or two?), 2% are from LOTR, etc.

Gandalf has gone down in the world - he used to be in the top 10.

Comment from DrGirlfriend on 2009-01-02

2009-01-03T04:16:46Z

I want to crush the head of the person who uses "success" as his password.

Comment from DeeJayQueue on 2009-01-02

2009-01-03T04:07:20Z

I can't tell you how many public wi-fi spots have "admin" as the username and password, or just "admin" and no password, since that's the default for most routers.

Comment from jaydez on 2009-01-02

2009-01-03T03:42:46Z

I used to use PASSWORD for all my work applications until the IT guy told me I needed better ones.

Comment from bnelson333 on 2009-01-02

2009-01-03T03:37:34Z

The links aren't working for me, but I always abide by these rules:

1. Use a combination of alpha, numeric, and special characters (!@#$ etc). Bonus points if the password is case sensitive and you use a combination of upper and lower case alpha characters.

2. Use as many total characters as you can remember. (8 characters is much better than 4).

3. Don't use words commonly found in the dictionary, start making them up if you have to.

4. Don't use the same password on every site.

I'm sure there's more...

Comment from metsarethe... on 2009-01-02

2009-01-03T03:34:04Z

Damn, How do I change my commentor password?

:-p