High-Risk Passwords: Don’t Use One of These.
Here is a list. It was provided by a firm that specializes in privacy.
password, qwerty, 123456, abc123, admin, 111111, shadow, letmein, trustno1, iloveyou, love, football, baseball, monkey, master, batman and common names like michael, jordan, or even jennifer.
I don’t use any of them.
I recommend using a phrase. Take the first letters of each word. To add complexity, add this: ///. That makes it much harder to crack.
You are far more likely to lose your privacy because some outfit has stored your data. It then gets hacked. The payoff for hacking some outfit like this is far higher than trying to hack 20,000,000 people, one by one.
I bought identity theft insurance from my homeowner’s policy. I recommend this. Let the company pay to unscramble your life.
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Published on December 26, 2012. The original is here.