Top 10 Most Commonly Used Passwords

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PC Magazine’s May issue lists the top 10 most commonly used passwords online:

  1. password

  2. 123456

  3. qwerty

  4. abc123

  5. letmein

  6. monkey

  7. myspace1

  8. password1

  9. blink182

  10. (your first name)

Most sites now require both letters and numbers when creating a password, in an attempt to force users to select a secure password. This effectively prevents users from using the list's top 3 most commonly used passwords. I guess "password1" made the list by people who are dead set on using an unsecure password.

Ben

May 9, 2007

blink182…really?

Robbie

May 9, 2007

I was disappointed newpass123 didn’t make the list.

JT

Jul 25, 2007

According to the movie Hackers, “god” is the number one most used password… so.. uh, you guys are wrong.

Robbie

Jul 25, 2007

Lord Nikon is never wrong.

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