Confirmed: Your passwords still suck
Jan 11, 2022
1 minute
BY MICHAEL CRIDER
ith large-scale security breaches more or less a permanent fixture of tech news, security practices among standard web users seem to be improving. But it’s not happening very quickly, on the most common passwords is to be believed. According to the data gathered, hundreds of millions of people still use passwords that can be cracked more or less instantly, with “123456” taking the number one spot yet again. Over a hundred million accounts were found to be using it for the barest minimum of nonsecurity.
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