Always choose a good password. ‘123456’ ought to do it.
I had to laugh when I read about a security breach at Rockyou.com that exposed 32 million account passwords. The list fell into the hands of a data security firm who analysed the passwords and trended them.
Not sure if this is a general indication of the level of user that rockyou.com attracts or a more alarming education problem. Here are the top 20 passwords taken from the report; make up your own mind.
Nice to see that passwords such as ‘123456’, ‘12345’, ‘123456789’ and ‘password’ accounted for nearly half a million of them :-) And people wonder why I advocate that it doesn’t matter how many firewalls and security checks are put in place, the weak link is always, always, always human.
Fancy more? Try: Beware the percentage sign | Faux democracy | Statistics drive | The smell of failure | Forty this, forty that | 10 items or else
Totally unrelated, but I was wondering: what’s your mothers maiden name? Ooh, and what’s your favorite teachers name? Do you have pets, by any chance?
Since you asked so kindly, here you go Mr Mbotou of Nigeria:
1. Lars
2. Mrs Doubtfire
3. Yes, I have a lion called Kevin
I hope that helps and you will now be able to transfer the $1.4 million to my account within the next few weeks. I need to pay the milkman.
Gee, seeing how you grew up, you turned out quite alright. And hey, thanks for all your work on textpattern.