25 Worst Passwords of the year

[geetrue]

I may have actually used one of these passwords at one time, in my early years of course.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/11/...words-of-2011/

25 Worst Passwords of the Year

1. password

2. 123456

3. 12345678

4. qwerty

5. abc123

6. monkey

7. 1234567

8. letmein

9. trustno1

10. dragon

11. baseball

12. 111111

13. iloveyou

14. master

15. sunshine

16. ashley

17. bailey

18. passwOrd

19. shadow

20. 123123

21. 654321

22. superman

23. qazwsx

24. michael

25. football

[Rockstar]

[Herr-Berbunch]

I always use ********

And can I just point out that that was a load of asterisks, not any sweary words.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I always use ********

And can I just point out that that was a load of asterisks, not any sweary words.

Infraction....and that was a password

[Skybird]

I use a code consisting of 1s exclusively. But their sequence I keep strictly secret.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Infraction....and that was a password

[vienna]

Er, uh, excuse me,....I've gotta go change my password...

[frau kaleun]

Password protip: never create a password that you will be embarrassed to say out loud to a tech support person in the event of a problem. Especially if saying it out loud involves reading off the letters "F" and "U" followed by the other letters that make up the initials that form the name of the company whose tech support rep is currently attempting to help you with the problem.

[vienna]

Password protip: never create a password that you will be embarrassed to say out loud to a tech support person in the event of a problem. Especially if saying it out loud involves reading off the letters "F" and "U" followed by the other letters that make up the initials that form the name of the company whose tech support rep is currently attempting to help you with the problem.

Is this tip based on the dearest of teachers, Experience?...

[Rockstar]

The bootable USB I keep in my wallet will give me ALL your passwords in less than 3 minutes.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by vienna

Is this tip based on the dearest of teachers, Experience?...

Sadly, yes. Fortunately tech support actually found it amusing, perhaps because I was so embarrassed.

[Torplexed]

I'm surprised that 8675309, the telephone number mentioned in the 1982 Tommy Tutone "Jenny-Jenny" song didn't make the worst password list. There was a local YouStoreIt that was dumb enough to have that as their gate password. They got burglarized big time.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by geetrue

2. 123456

[Rockstar]

[Platapus]

The United States takes great measures to ensure that our nuclear weapons can not be launched by unauthorized personnel.

Starting in the 1960's, SecDef McNamara instigated a system of Technical Locks which were physical locks that would prevent a nuclear weapon from being activated. Due to security there was a complicated system where these combinations would be updated and changed. These combinations are totally separate from launch authorization codes

This bothered General Thomas Powers (CINCSAC) among others that this new security practice might result in confusions and in the worse case scenario prevent the authorized use of nuclear weapons.

So, working against policy, the Technical Lock out combinations for all the LGM30 Minuteman ICBMs were set to 00000000

There are multiple articles on the Internets Tubes that claim this to be the actual launch code, but it wasn't. It was a technical lock out code.

The Technical lock out code was not used to launch the missile it was used to prevent the launch of the missile.

But still, eight zeros, who would have thought?