We love simplicity and our passwords show it. With that being said, complexity is our antagonist. Here’s the list for 2014’s most common passwords.
1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345
4. 12345678
5. qwerty
6. 123456789
7. 1234
8. baseball
9. dragon
10. football
11. 1234567
12. monkey
13. letmein
14. abc123
15. 111111
16.mustang
17. access
18. shadow
19. master
20. michael
21. superman
22. 696969
23. 123123
24. batman
25. trustno1
Data from SplashData’s annual list.
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I personally use a 30-character password on all of my accounts with combinations of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and special characters. I know that it can still be cracked, but at least, it won’t be that easy for those bedroom warriors to do so…
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Better to be safe than sorry. 30 character is quite a lot but if you can remember them, it’s great.
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Using mnemonics, it’s pretty easy to memorize that length of password.
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