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The worst passwords of 2023 are also the most common, "123456" comes in first (www.techspot.com)
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The worst passwords of 2023 are also the most common, "123456" comes in first::undefined

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[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 89 points 8 months ago (4 children)

only one – "theworldinyourhand" – is virtually uncrackable. It is the number 173 most common password and would take centuries to guess using brute force.

Not anymore. That would get moved towards the top of the rainbow table now.

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Pass phrases for the passwords you have to type by hand, automatically generated passwords for the things that can autofill from a password manager, MFA for everything that supports it.

Anything less or any password reuse is just asking for trouble.

[–] JustAnotherRando@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, using a pass phrase makes it much easier to remember on top of being more secure. But users should introduce at least a bit more complexity than that example (all lower case letters isn't great). This1sComplexButMemorable! Is an easy example of how you can just make up a relevant sentence to what you're using, include a range of character types for complexity and to meet requirements, and you're good to go. Plus if you make it relevant to what you're logging into, you're less likely to be tempted to reuse the pass.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

ThisIsMyMotherfuckingHotmailPassword!

Is an incredibly secure password for Hotmail. And super memorable.

[–] happilybitchycowboy@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

48736915208 No son, you're not watching YouTube.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Handing the security of your accounts to...... mobile carriers... always felt iffy to me.