You want the best password ever? Take a dollar bill out of your wallet and use the serial number. It doesn’t take long to memorize it and you can always keep the dollar bill in your desk drawer as a reminder.
I note that the “worst password” list doesn’t include “root”. This suggests either that there are fewer people using a serious operating systems like UNIX or Linux or that people who use a proper operating system are too intelligent to use stupid passwords…
I teach MVR compliance to agencies and carriers and even with the heightened awareness of password best practices and social engineering, I am amazed with how many insurance agencies I walk into that write the password of their MVR platform on a sticky note and post it to their computer monitor.
Have you ever logged into your router and changed its default password? If you haven’t then it is probably ‘admin’ / ‘password’ or ‘admin’ / ‘1234’
big whoop
Glad my 109876 isn’t on the list.
I was really hoping ovaltine or bigboy would be on the list….
your pet’s name is another bad bet
my pet’s name is retard. So my password is retard1. nobody ever guesses that.
You want the best password ever? Take a dollar bill out of your wallet and use the serial number. It doesn’t take long to memorize it and you can always keep the dollar bill in your desk drawer as a reminder.
What’s with #23? For real?
Look at the left side of your keyboard. Don’t know why it is a bad password though. I’d never have guessed it.
Want to make a System Administrator see red? Say “It shouldn’t matter that my password is ‘password’ if you had better network security.”
Do be prepared to run, however…
I note that the “worst password” list doesn’t include “root”. This suggests either that there are fewer people using a serious operating systems like UNIX or Linux or that people who use a proper operating system are too intelligent to use stupid passwords…
I teach MVR compliance to agencies and carriers and even with the heightened awareness of password best practices and social engineering, I am amazed with how many insurance agencies I walk into that write the password of their MVR platform on a sticky note and post it to their computer monitor.