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[–] TootSweet 42 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm disappointed "hunter2" isn't on the list.

[–] someguy3 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Well ******* doesn't meet many password criteria.

[–] MidsizedSedan 4 points 1 month ago

I wonder if all the people who know this joke are also people who are tech savy enough to know about secure passphrases

[–] radix 9 points 1 month ago

Neither is correcthorsebatterystaple

[–] Speculater 8 points 1 month ago

hunter is 42 though!

[–] Donjuanme 27 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It's pretty far down but 4815162342 (410 btw) is seemingly the first random one that I haven't been able to make sense of I've tried it as the alphabet, I've tried it on the number pad, can someone explain what this is, or is it just a really unfortunately common number? I would've thought this was a decent password...

[–] zkfcfbzr 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're the numbers from Lost

[–] Donjuanme 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks, that was a popular show I never got into.

[–] zkfcfbzr 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oddly enough I did watch the show, but my first thought on seeing them in your comment was that it might be a US phone number, 481 516 2342.

[–] Donjuanme 2 points 1 month ago

Jenny's number was more commonly used than this

[–] RoidingOldMan 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I like that you went to the trouble of teying to decipher it, and then posted it here, rather than just googling it lol.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It makes the comment section more interesting : )

[–] Donjuanme 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah.... I also scrolled down the list far enough to find one I didn't recognize XD XD XD

Don't blame me, I was at work, trying very hard to not work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

funnily enough, I still have that as the password for some random thing I now own for 10+ years and never bothered to change

[–] TriflingToad 3 points 1 month ago

but why though

[–] Gingerlegs 16 points 1 month ago

Password is taco

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

System operators love to use “God”. - Cereal Killer

https://youtu.be/0Jx8Eay5fWQ

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

How did they hack into my KeePassXC database?

[–] RoidingOldMan 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Had to get past the top 10 before I saw mine.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Found several of ours from when I was a kid. So glad we use bitwarden now. Lol

[–] P34C0CK 6 points 1 month ago

Love (86) Sex (4350) Secret (106)

But "God" doesn't make the list.

[–] Donjuanme 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why do so many Europeans use their dob as their password?? I don't see very many m/d/y date formats...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Donjuanme 2 points 1 month ago

Touche, for some reason in my brain Arabic numerals were only used in Latin descended languages.

[–] Armok_the_bunny 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I saw a shocking number of birthdays from the 1980s.

[–] Zorque 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is it their birthday or their kids birthday?

[–] Armok_the_bunny 2 points 1 month ago

No idea, but the number 01011985 isn't anything except a birthday.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When I was a kid, almost everything was my older brother's birthday. Born in the 80s. My brother finally convinced the family that wasn't a good idea, and we changed everything. Lol.

[–] TheBat 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this your way of telling us you were not loved by your family? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Haha. No, his birthday is just super easy to remember numerically

[–] simplejack 4 points 1 month ago

Whew. l3mmylOver isn’t on the list.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

How tf are jordan and jennifer the most popular names after Michael?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It is interesting that even though 7 is the most common random integer people choose, 1234567 is the third least common ascending integers password

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I never understand how these lists are made.
How is "dragon" nr. 10?

[–] cucumber_sandwich 5 points 1 month ago

The data typically comes from leaked password lists from data breaches.