Reply to post: In at Number 14

Just give up: 123456 is still the world's most popular password

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In at Number 14

The sign of the devil x 2 which is nice to know.

Though to be fair when using statistics easy numbers always draw a red flag for me like someone has plucked them out of thin air or massaged them, 10m, top 25 = over 50% of all passwords.

This morning I can say with certainty that 50% of breakfast eaters will opt for bacon on toast and of those, 25% will have brown sauce. The remainder will consider red sauce but then realise how wrong it is and eat swiss style muesli with no added sugar.

Back on topic passwords are easy to work out depending on the users love of social media. The password contains one of the following - Pet/Child/Partner plus a number Year of Birth/House number current or past and possibly a special character. This password may also be cleverly hidden using special characters where bob becomes 8o8.

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