Re:Most common passwords list from 3 databases
by sketerpot on Sunday March 29, 2009 @11:26PM
(#538152)
I just use the same username and password for all sites I don't care about that much. That way if I ever come back again I can just log in easily, and the process of signing up is so familiar I could do it in my sleep.
No, the real issue is password questions. "What is your mother's maiden name?" "In what city were you born?. Those always seem like a security hole, so I choose a random question and just remember that the answer to all my security questions is "the landed gentry". That's fairly secure, right?
Re:Most common passwords list from 3 databases
by jrockway on Monday March 30, 2009 @03:51AM
(#538296)
Yeah, I especially like the sites that ask you to make your own security question. Mine is always, "what is your password?"
Re:Most common passwords list from 3 databases
by electromagnetic on Monday March 30, 2009 @10:00AM
(#538508)
That's what my XP hint did, and my password contains an accented character (áéíóú/ÁÉÍÓÚ) as I noticed password breakers tend not to use these characters by default, but a lot of programs and services accept them. To say just hitting 'Alt Gr' can prevent any password breaker, I thought it was a pretty good safety measure.
Re:Most common passwords list from 3 databases
by tlrobinson on Sunday March 29, 2009 @11:28PM
(#538155)
I hope that's not actually the answer you use...
Re:Most common passwords list from 3 databases
by tlrobinson on Sunday March 29, 2009 @11:07PM
(#538129)
"On Feb 21 2009 it was discovered that singles.org, a christian dating network, did not have any security at all."
Some of the other ones are puzzling. "trustno1" is from the X-Files, but does anyone know where "letmein" came from?
Re:Most common passwords list from 3 databases
by whatusername on Monday March 30, 2009 @12:44AM
(#538205)
let-me-in
Re:Most common passwords list from 3 databases
by tlrobinson on Monday March 30, 2009 @01:15AM
(#538213)
I got that, but is there something that made that a popular password? It seems like too much of a coincidence that so many people use it.
I don't think it's a reference to anything, simply that you're saying to the computer "let me in!"
singles.org users commonly use passwords with religious meaning, like "jesus", "pastor", and so on. Apparently this is a site that appeals to the religious folks.
phpBB has things like "phpbb" and "password". Their forums force people to create an account they don't want, so they pick a dumb password. (I had to ask a phpbb question once. I think I used 1234 as my password.)
Finally, Myspace is Myspace, and has commonly-ocuring gems like "poop" and "nigger1". Ah, high school kids...