Are your Internet passwords bad enough to make the Worst Passwords List? An Internet security firm put out a list of bad ideas, and among them are things like baseball, football, car models, and your kid’s name. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Worst Internet Passwords List”
Speaking of words, did you see this list of the most common passwords used on the internet? I’ve been following those lists for years. It is, isn’t it? Oh my gosh, they don’t change that much. No, no.
There have been some changes. I mean, these are the worst passwords in the world: one, two, three, four, 4-5, 1-2-3-4, password1, password01.
Password, yeah.
There’s some new ones on that list this year.
One of them is baseball.
Okay.
Another one is dragon.
Another one is football and Mustang.
Why?
I wonder why those changes.
Well, I think that the advice that password security experts give is don’t use the name of your car.
Don’t use the name of your favorite sports team.
And there are a lot of human names, too.
Right, your kids’ names, your mother’s names.
Yeah, Michael, Jennifer, Thomas, Jordan, Hunter, Michelle, Charlie, Andrew, and Daniel are all in the top 50.
Don’t use those for passwords.
What’s your password?
What do you use?
Oh, you sly dog.
Well, actually, I’m not.
Actually.
No, but I’ll tell you my social security number.
Okay.
No.
3.14.
No.
Call us with your language questions.
She’s that old.
Our social security number is three.
877-99-9673 is the number to call us to talk about language.
