PC Tech's top 10 passwords people use

[terry78]

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/hughes/11844/most-common-passwords

If you have any of these, better change them it says.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

blink182?

 

[black_dust]

blink182?

own up Dew we all know its your password!

*runs off to become a woman mod!*

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

*runs off to become a woman!*

fixed that for you, b_d

 

[black_dust]

fixed that for you, b_d

Dammit i was going to post a whitty reply saying "Thats me typing as Dew!!" but i dont want to say that about myself

 

[Apollo]

monkey haha

 

[Kyalesyin]

Hah... none of you will ever guess that my password is...

Wait, that would be dumb.

 

[CyberFaust]

123456.........*runs off to change 5 passwords*

 

[redmarvel]

blink182?

Well, let's face it. Many systems ask for at least one letter and one number and a password that's 8 characters in length... some people remember band names easily.

1. password
2. 123456
3. qwerty
4. abc123
5. letmein
6. monkey
7. myspace 1
8. password 1
9. blink182
10. (your first name)

I can honestly say I've never used any of the above.

This reminds me of when the Hype wanted us to use our Mother's maiden name for a password. A number of us Hypesters pointed out what a major security gaff that would be, because if you have a persons real name (from their e-mail address) and their Mother's maiden name, you could possibly get access to their bank accounts.

DON'T USE YOUR MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET.

 

[SWAT]

Monkey? The hell...?

 

[redmarvel]

monkey haha

we had a guy whose password was whanker... and he kept mis-spelling it.

 

[Kyalesyin]

You know... I'm not actually sure what my mother's maiden name is... grandma had re-married twice by the time I came along.

 

[ComicChick]

when i was in high school, the computers in the labs had the password password, so one day while we were in there for spanish class, taking practice tests, i changed the answers

 

[The Squirrel]

Not even close to any of mine.

 

[BatMatt]

when i was in high school, the computers in the labs had the password password, so one day while we were in there for spanish class, taking practice tests, i changed the answers

well played

 

[Ebil Gig]

Ha, I used to use the word Qwerty as my password for some online gaming accounts I never thought it would be common though...

 

[The Evolutionist]

I used to se my first name, when I was 14 and couldn't remember anything else.

 

[Darthphere]

your first name is a brilliant password.

 

[04nbod]

i'll give you guys a clue- none of them are my password

 

[Darthphere]

Funny enough monkeys was one of my first passwords back in like 1995.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

DON'T USE YOUR MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET.

My mother's maiden name is my last name

 

[Mister J]

'Swordfish' didn't make the top 10? I guess Halle's ta-tas are the only relevance that movie is to have.

 

[nosebleed.]

<~~~ uses 14 -20 digit password at work that requires 2 uppercase, 2 lowercase, 2 non-consecutive numbers, 2 special characters, cannot form a word or name and cannot be similar to any previous passwords...and we have to change them every 90 days...or something like that. And I have 3 accounts at work that have those requirements. I'm sure I'm missing some stupid detail but basically that's the garbage I have to go through.

i HATE memorizing those damn things. I can't wait til we goto biometrics.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

My password is Random. not "random" but I mean, you'd never guess it.

 

[TNC9852002]

*changes his password*


heh. That was close!

-TNC