The 20 most popular passwords

Tue Jan 26 14:29:33 UTC 2010

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:33:54 -0200
Renata Rocha <natzilla-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 18:53, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > | From: Gary Layng <glayng-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org>
> >
> > | http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5325&tag=trunk;content
> >
> > Nice.
> >
> > I've very impressed that 123456 is almost four times as popular as
> > 12345 (which is just slightly ahead of 123456789).

   According to Out Of The Inner Circle by Bill Landreth, published 1985, the most popular passwords then were SEX, SECRET and PASSWORD.  Evidently, PASSWORD has staying power.

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