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It means it's shouldn't be on this list[1] for example, because it makes brute force guessing from a dictionary of common passwords easy. - Of all the password
by ddeck 7y ago
It means it's shouldn't be on this list[1] for example, because it makes brute force guessing from a dictionary of common passwords easy.
- Of all the password databases breached in 2016, "123456" made up 4% of them [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_passwords https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_passwo...
- pbreit 7y ago123456 is not even a word. “Common passwords” is meaningless. I can’t even think of a “common” 12+ char password.
- boring_twenties 7y agoWhat a fascinating rabbit hole. Most of these obviously come from users not giving even a single fuck, but what about #9, "trustno1"? For some reason I suspect those guys are thinking they're really clever and no1 will ever guess that. I'm also kind of surprised not to find some variation of "sesame" on here.