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The 25 Most Popular Passwords of 2015: We're All Such Idiots
- dzdt 11y agoI use weak passwords on sites where I think no password should have been necessary. Like when I need to sign up to post on a board but will never be entering any personal or financial information. I have to wonder if these stats are skewed by the same kind of thing.
- viggity 11y ago1. They don't say where their data comes from other than "Splash Data", whatever the fuck that is. There is no link. 2. Number 15 is "1qaz2wsx" which took me a while to figure out what it was (type it out yourself, you'll understand). It is so odd, I have a hard time seeing how it is the 15th most common password unless Yahoo recommended it to legions of grandmothers on the internet. This only further makes me question the data source. 3. Further calling into question the data, what websites allow lower alpha only or numeric only passwords?
- salmonet 11y agoprevious discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10930397 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10930397