jalaffa Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 A new study has revealed – rather reiterated - that internet users nonchalantly continue to set unimaginative, fatuous passwords. The study appraised 28,000 passwords that were recently stolen from a U.S website.Sixteen percent of the users had set their first name as their password. Around fourteen percent chose easiest to recall key combinations, including “1234” and “12345678”. Other users, who apparently don’t rate their mathematical ability highly, chose to steer clear of numbers and settled for passwords such as “AZERTY” and “QWERTY”.Five percent of the passwords were found to be inspired by popular things and celebrities, including names of movies, TV shows and actors. The strongest password in this category was found to be “Ironman” as it sounds impenetrable.Three percent of the people reckon passwords are another medium of expression. How else would you explain passwords like “Iloveyou” and “Ihateyou?”Post from: MaximumPC View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I do remember myself (some while ago when I was really active on forums/sites/int acc's) to use such as passw0rd or Atasas123... fun really as not once any of those became guessed/or needed to be guessedall but one internet account (disputed hotmail ) where it got overriden and deleted afterwards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 The default password where I work is always 'password.' We have thousands of Employees across the country - it's really amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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