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10 Most Common Passwords

23rd May 2007

Perhaps you want to hack into your enemy’s email account and send an email to his girlfriend telling her he wants to break up;) Perhaps you just wish to keep your online accounts secure. Either way, here are the top 10 most common passwords. I highly suggest against using any of these, especially for anything important. Yes, there are people who are bored enough to try to guess passwords.

*I’m not promoting hacking into somebody else’s account

password - Well, this is an obvious one for someone who isn’t very creative
123456 - A classical first password for beginners

qwerty - Lazy? Just hit some keys that are conveniently next to each other
abc123 - A little better than 123456 but still unoriginal and guessable

letmein - I’m not too sure about this one, but it is on the list

monkey - A very popular instinctual password if you just try to think of a random word

myspace1 - Common password for myspace where you have to have at least one number and letter in a password

password1 - Need a number in the password? Just add 1 after your unoriginal one.

blink182 - I’m not too sure about this one either, but somehow it’s also on the list. They’re fairly well-known, but probably not the first band that comes to mind.

Whatever your first name is - Well, this one should be obvious to avoid

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