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- sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+313I should never have named my dog password.
- dominasian, on 10/12/2007, -8/+261if you type your digg password digg will automatically convert it to asterisks look ********
try it yourself - evilpig, on 10/12/2007, -4/+139Digg effect?
Mirrors don't work either. But seeing that this is the 7th digg story with that name try these.
http://digg.com/security/Top_10_Most_Common_Passwords
http://digg.com/security/Top_10_Most_Common_Passwords_2
http://digg.com/security/Top_10_Most_Common_Passwords_3
http://digg.com/security/Top_10_Most_Common_Passwords_4
http://digg.com/security/Top_10_Most_Common_Passwords_5
http://digg.com/security/Top_10_Most_Common_Passwords_6 - edilclyde, on 10/12/2007, -4/+106" if you type your digg password digg will automatically convert it to asterisks look ******** "
great! now nobody will know that my ******** is actually ******** - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+95http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20070117.html
- creep303, on 10/12/2007, -12/+106"if you type your digg password digg will automatically convert it to asterisks look ********
try it yourself"
Classic Bash. - EXreaction, on 10/12/2007, -3/+89"uhm...can anybody tell me how i can change my account password on digg? ; )"
Paste your current password here, I will fix it for you. ;-) - Craz1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+84site is dying... here's the list
Top 10 Most Common Passwords
10. Thomas
9. arsenal
8. monkey
7. charlie
6. qwerty
5. 123456
4. letmein
3. liverpool
2. password
1. 123 - izzybomb, on 10/12/2007, -4/+80im in ur myspaces deleting ur friends.
- jamison18, on 10/12/2007, -2/+77hunter2 your hunter2-ing hunter2
- jcaino, on 10/12/2007, -2/+69oh *****! who got ahold of my rotating password list!!!
sombitch. - alphast0rm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+64Cthon98: hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
Cthon98: ********* see!
AzureDiamond: hunter2
AzureDiamond: doesnt look like stars to me
Cthon98: AzureDiamond: *******
Cthon98: thats what I see
AzureDiamond: oh, really?
Cthon98: Absolutely
AzureDiamond: you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
AzureDiamond: haha, does that look funny to you?
Cthon98: lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
AzureDiamond: thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
Cthon98: yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
AzureDiamond: awesome!
AzureDiamond: wait, how do you know my pw?
Cthon98: er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
AzureDiamond: oh, ok.
from bash.org - Jo9100, on 10/12/2007, -1/+58oh, ill try... *****
edit: oh i see it... i guess its stars for other people... - kingkilr, on 10/12/2007, -4/+59literatureisthesquareofevil
that was mine for all of high school, good times - cbasst, on 10/12/2007, -2/+54n4zt7f2x FTW!
oh wait... - Tamriel, on 10/12/2007, -3/+42How is arsenal a common password? I'm just confused by that one. As a matter of fact, how the bloody hell is it even possible to come up with the top ten passwords people use?
- drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -1/+40I wonder how many Diggers are changing thier password as we speak
- redDC143C, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30The Plague: Our recent unknown intruder penetrated using the superuser account, giving him access to our whole system.
Margo: Precisely what you're paid to prevent.
The Plague: Someone didn't bother reading my carefully prepared memo on commonly-used passwords. Now, then, as I so meticulously pointed out, the four most-used passwords are: love, sex, secret, and...
Margo: [glares at The Plague]
The Plague: god. So, would your holiness care to change her password? - Jonsey, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3310. 'thomas' (0.99‰)
First off, at number 10, is the most common format of passwords - the name. Thomas is a perennially popular name in the UK (2nd most popular in 2000), so it is perhaps no surprise that it makes the top 10, with nearly 1 in 1,000 people opting for this ubiquitous forename as their password.
We can only guess that there are a lot of fans of Thomas Jefferson or Thomas Edison out there! The high prevalence of Christian names only further reinforces the fact that loved ones are a common choice when it comes to passwords.
9. 'arsenal' (1.11‰)
Football teams tend to be another popular choice, and the gunners fall in 9th place. This may or may not be reflective of the fact that the word 'arsenal' starts with a 4-letter swear word - another popular choice when it comes to passwords.
Arsenal are ranked 6th overall in average attendance rankings, and are the 2nd most popular football-related password.
8. 'monkey' (1.33‰)
Quite why the monkey makes it into 8th place is beyond me, but the fact that it's a 6-letter word (6 letters is a typical minimum length for passwords), is easily typed and is memorable probably helps cement its position as ideal password material.
Still, it's quite worrying that there's such a trend - perhaps the internet and monkeys are inextricably linked?
7. 'charlie' (1.39‰)
Another name - nowhere near as common a name as No. 10, Thomas, but it's our most popular name-based password overall.
Could of course, be a homage to a number of famous Charlies - Chaplin, Sheen, or those of a Chocolate Factory persuasion. Or, of course, it could just be the case that they're referring to it's slang usage.
6. 'qwerty' (1.41‰)
I wonder where the inspiration for this one came from? Perhaps when faced with a blinking cursor and an instruction to choose a password people will tend to look to the things closest to them - which would explain why 1 in 700 people choose 'qwerty' as their password.
5. '123456' (1.63‰)
Can you count to 6? It's the most common minimum required length of password - and the 5th most common password.
4. 'letmein' (1.76‰)
A modern-day version of 'open sesame' - and 1 person in 560 will type 'letmein' as their password. Quite why is beyond me.
I could be mistaken, but I have a hunch that 'letmein' has been featured in a movie or TV series - Fox Mulder's password from the X Files - 'trustno1' - also ranked quite highly.
3. 'liverpool' (1.82‰)
The most popular football team by some margin, Liverpool was the third most popular password overall. Does this mean that 1 in 550 people is such a devout Liverpool fan that they would be willing to entrust private data to the team they love?
Liverpool ranked 3rd in the average attendance ratings - leaving the 2 most popular teams, Manchester United and Newcastle United, out of the top 10 list - perhaps because they're too long and difficult to type.
2. 'password' (3.780‰)
Akin to pressing the 'any' key, when told to enter a 'password', it would seem that users aren't the sharpest tool in the box - with almost 1 in 250 people choosing the word 'password'.
1. '123' (3.784‰)
With nearly 4 people in 1,000 opting for a simple numerical sequence as their password (it should be noted that there was no lower length limit specified), '123' must be the first thing a lot of people think of when asked to specify a password. One dreads to think what their PIN number might be! - phatvolvo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23at least one :(
- demonthises, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22SPACEBALLS!!!!
"12345
What kind of password is that?
That's the kind of combination an idiot puts on his luggage
....
We have the password.
12345
I can't believe it. That's the same combination on my luggage.
Prepare to attack.... and change the combination on my luggage."
I watched that movie so many times as a kid that I ruined the original VHS tape, and at one point in time I had memorized the entire script. - roominator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20god, love, and secret ^^
- brada33928, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Insert "Hackers" movie line here. Cereal Killer was the *****.
- Anthem26, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21uhm...can anybody tell me how i can change my account password on digg? ; )
- joshpar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17welll 456 it is then!
- goldfenix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Thomas?
- allaboutdatiki, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Think England-centric. I guess ManU fans can't be thrown in with the Liverpool and Arsenal supporters.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18I wrote an article a few weeks ago on making completely uncrackable passwords:
http://www.digg.com/security/Generating_the_Perfect_Password
It will be useful to those of you still using "god" for your password.
Sort of related password joke:
A man needs to pick a new password, so he types in "penis".
The system returns an error message: "Error: Too Short." - Quag, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Retort with the "Space Balls" movie quote here. Now if you will excuse me I'm off to open my luggage.
- Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16@Anthem26:
No problem, I just did it for you. Your new password is:
P@$$w0rd! - dylanrush, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12After learning how easy passwords are to crack and then cracking my own, I decided to change mine to a 10 digit number-symbol-capital/lowercase-letter hodgepodge of nonsense.
One advantage to it is that if someone needs to use your computer and you don't want a God awful guest account set up, you can tell them your password and bet they can't steal it. ("P... Uppercase U... Um... was that a swastika?")
Most passwords I have seen / cracked have been totally uncommon and un-guessable (abcdefh... who would have guessed?) but can be cracked within a matter of minutes because they only consist of a short blip of letters and numbers. - Surreal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12I thought it was:
God
Sex
Love
Money
C'mon, and the top hackers were crash and burn!!! - Apoc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11How is it possible that they created this list?
survey, or did they actually use a database from somewhere? (Amazon, ect.) - cecil_t, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I've seen "letmein" a few times (in US).
- gotcheaprice, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11*sigh* why would thomas be so popular? I guess I had to change my digg password -_- I thought it was just a random name that popped up in my head.
- ptFoe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10more like AOL
- thejadedmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11um.. I've never had that problem with digg... and I always have that problem with myspace.. don't know what you're talking about here
- elk1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9"So the combination is one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"
- Jagdwulfe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10General have the combination to my luggage changed at once!
- streak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Hey, Kevin, what are the 10 most common passwords on digg?
- jinglee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8and 3) already on digg..
- bushawa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I usually go with my initials + someone else's initials + the abbreviation of where I met them + the year.
The shift key is your friend when it comes to passwords. :)
Am I the only person who has an 8 digit pin for their ATM? - titovmark, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10I used to work at an Internet Cafe and there was this woman, she asked for help, told me, she forgot her password. I asked her, whether she noted it down anywhere? "Sure!" - she said and gave me a piece of paper with " ****** " written on it :)))
- Samsong, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10OmG a MiRRoR
http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/article/top-10-most-common-passwords - TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8"Monkey"
For some reason monkey always comes to my head when I'm thinking up a new password. I never use it because that would make me a 12 year old myspace girl, but I can see where they're coming from.
Also, some people just know that no one cares about getting into their account so they don't bother with a secure password. - undersky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8real top 10 passwords:
for string:
own birthdate
birthday of loved one
names of loved one
initials of loved one combined with own initials
initials of loved one combined with birthdate
anniversary
nickname of loved ones
for WAP:
64 bits:
1234567890
0123456789
area code + phone number - Quadduc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@viewtiful4ever: "How is 1% of 1000, 1?"
It's permille (‰), not percent (%).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permille - faz9, on 10/12/2007, -3/+94. ??????
5. Profit! - jivemasta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6My password is a common word, converted to hex, then that string converted to hex again. So if worst comes to worst I just have to remember the word and how I got the password, but nobody will be able to guess it, or dictionary attack it.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Some I understand. Bad for security, but easy for someone to come up with it.
liverpool?
charlie?
monkey?
arsenal? (WTF)
Thomas? (UberWTF)
I don't belong in this world anymore. It doesn't make any sense to me. -
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