Good times.
Do you know what the top 20 most common passwords are?
Here are the 20 most commonly used passwords and a four random common words password generator, inspired by this classic xkcd comic.
Top 20 Most Common Passwords
- 123456
- 12345
- 123456789
- Password
- iloveyou
- princess
- rockyou
- 1234567
- 12345678
- abc123
- Nicole
- Daniel
- babygirl
- monkey
- Jessica
- Lovely
- michael
- Ashley
- 654321
- Qwerty
I wonder how many of those using “654321” think they’re really being tricky?
Just a thought.
Here’s the four random common words password generator inspired by xkcd:
passphra.se
I’ll be honest with you, I spent far too much time clicking the “Generate Another!” button just to see what it spit out.
Forget this password generator, I’m going with this one!
(If you’re looking for a solid password manager, take a look at these.)
[via Preshing on Programming]
Peter says
When you wrote this, it made me lol – “I wonder how many of those using “654321″ think they’re really being tricky?”
Its 2011 and I still can’t believe people use just numbers for passwords. After all the scams and abuse one would have thought that they would have changed their ways.
Eric Dye says
You would think!