It looks like the warnings about passwords are being heard by users everywhere. For years, industry experts have been telling people not to use simple passwords, and not to use the same passwords everywhere. Now, research shows that the previous most-used password, “password” is no longer #1.
Unfortunately, the new #1 password is “123456”. Which was previously #2. It’s difficult to categorize this as progress, since both of those passwords are equally terrible. Don’t use them. Please.
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