A quick post to say my worries about password usage and some errors peoples usually do!
For computers, it’s really quick to find a password if it’s something easy like <A simple word> <A short number> especially if it’s something often used by everyone!
Here is a list of the most commonly used passwords as of 1/1/2015 :
1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345
4. 12345678
5. qwerty
6. 123456789
7. 1234
8. baseball
9. dragon
10. football
11. 1234567
12. monkey
13. letmein
14. abc123
15. 111111
16.mustang
17. access
18. shadow
19. master
20. michael
21. superman
22. 696969
23. 123123
24. batman
25. trustno1
So what to do to protect yourself?
A password like <Xzazdaz2%> are often used and recommended right now, but this isn’t really long and also really hard to remember! Let’s have a look at this password using the following sentence:
<Todayisthedayi’mcreatingareallylongpassword> –> Today is the day I’m creating a really long password.
This is easy to remember and hard for a computer to guess. Your account would probably be protected against password crackers.
Also, it’s imperative that you use one different password for each different site / game you use.
Why? Because if your password on the website http://exemple.org is stolen, then your password on http://email.org/ would also be !
So be careful and wise! Start using strong and different passwords!