Google Reveals the 10 Most Common Passwords Used By People

Google Reveals the 10 Most Common Passwords Used By People

Password is something that you use to protect your various accounts types from to be accessed from an intruder. Usually people use that combination of strings and numbers that can be easily memorized.

However, Google Apps conducted a study of 2,000 people to learn more about their methods for choosing account passwords. The research revealed a worrying fact: Most people choose passwords based on readily available information. This means a surprising number of accounts can be hacked using a few simple, educated guesses.

The study reveals a few other terrible password habits: Nearly 48% of people share their passwords with others. Like, Howdy, stranger, here is my password.  And 3% have no basic concept of security and merely write their password down on a post it and stick it to their monitor.

The 10 passwords that google found the most common are as follows:

1. Pet names
2. A notable date, such as a wedding anniversary
3. A family member’s birthday
4. Your child’s name
5. Another family member’s name
6. Your birthplace
7. A favorite holiday
8. Something related to your favorite sports team
9. The name of a significant other
10. The word “Password”

If any of you use anything from above mentioned list, I suggest you change it immediately and you should probably take a moment to come up with something far more secure. After all, information such as birthdays, anniversaries and names can be easily researched using Facebook and other social networking sites too.

So choose your password wisely so that it can't be forged easily. Even many sites now require certain elements to be included in your password, like a specific number of letters or special characters, such as "#" or "?", password length etc.

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Write by: RC - Saturday, August 10, 2013