Worst Passwords Ever

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Bleeping Computer presents most commonly used passwords along with (what I consider) Darwin Awards of Password Land:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/123456-is-the-most-used-password-for-the-5th-year-in-a-row/

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I am trying to figure out if this is funny or depressing.

Ex-Windows user (Win. 98, XP, 7); since mid-2017 using also macOS. Presently on Monterey 12.15 & sometimes running also Linux (Mint).

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Bluetrix

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Funny as in how we enjoy laughing at the stupid things people do; depressing in the realization this is the culture of intellect that allows Windows to do what it does. Please don’t make me explain what I mean by that, I’d have to respond in the Rants forum.:-(

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Looks like you already did a couple of hours ago.  😉  🙂

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I like “sunshine”. Great reminder of how much we enjoy the simple things.  🙂

cheers, Paul

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I’ll just leave this here since it was the first thing that came to mind for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iW-8xPw3k

 

 

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