The Worst Passwords You Could Possibly Use Are…

[brad_altn]

It is mind-boggling that in this day & age people still use these passwords. Thankfully, software vendors are starting to include password "blacklists" of prohibited words & variations of words.

[DustinB3403]

@brad_altn said:

It is mind-boggling that in this day & age people still use these passwords. Thankfully, software vendors are starting to include password "blacklists" of prohibited words & variations of words.

That just means people are coming up with creative alternatives for the same simple passwords.

[dafyre]

Just to mess with the hackers, some of my passwords now include phrases... for instance... My Yahoo email password is "I hate facebook 2013!"

*runs off to change Yahoo password.

[ChrisL]

They sniffed out my password... "princess".

[DustinB3403]

@ChrisL said:

They sniffed out my password... "princess".

It's OKAY change "princess" to "Pr1^c3S$" and you'll be good for another 30 minutes.

[ChrisL]

@DustinB3403 said:

@ChrisL said:

They sniffed out my password... "princess".

It's OKAY change "princess" to "Pr1^c3S$" and you'll be good for another 30 minutes.

Not enough dollar signs.

[Reid Cooper]

@ChrisL said:

They sniffed out my password... "princess".

That was mine too, what were the chances!

[DustinB3403]

FYI "Pr1^c3S$" would take a whopping 3 days to crack....

[DustinB3403]

@GlennBarley said:

qwertyuiop

Would be an instant password crack for a desktop pc... lol

[ChrisL]

@DustinB3403 said:

FYI "Pr1^c3S$" would take a whopping 3 days to crack....

More than enough time to come up with a new password... like ':PR!n<3$$'

[DustinB3403]

Where as

"qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm"

Is an estimated 48 quintillion years...

[DustinB3403]

@ChrisL said:

@DustinB3403 said:

FYI "Pr1^c3S$" would take a whopping 3 days to crack....

More than enough time to come up with a new password... like ':PR!n<3$$'

If you actually leave the single quotes, sure, secure password to brute force.... otherwise 50 days

[Kelly]

@DustinB3403 said:

@ChrisL said:

@DustinB3403 said:

FYI "Pr1^c3S$" would take a whopping 3 days to crack....

More than enough time to come up with a new password... like ':PR!n<3$$'

If you actually leave the single quotes, sure, secure password to brute force.... otherwise 50 days

What is irritating about single quotes is the number of commercial systems that strip them off without notification.