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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/51134999
It is a hacker’s dream. Even in the face of repeated warnings to protect online accounts, a new study reveals that “admin” is the most commonly used password in the UK.
The second most popular, “123456”, is also unlikely to keep hackers at bay.
It’s not just a problem here – Australians, Americans and Germans also use “admin” more than any other password when accessing websites, apps and logging in to their computers. Around the world, “123456” emerges as the most popular.
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If you’re allowed to even use these passwords, there’s something incredibly wrong with the system you’re using. Many systems even have the top 10K used passwords on a blacklist, nevermind the fact that most of these wouldn’t get past a standard 8-to-15 character limit.
I just use a string of eight asterisks.
If yer an admin using admin as admin password you shouldn’t admin.
Would “ guest” be acceptable?
I mean… Do you want a ‘guest’ on your account?
The only systems that I use admin or password for are testing systems that are never going to be actually on 24-7 or carry anything worthwhile, And generally can’t even access the outside world anyway.
idiots. I go to seven. duh.
What about @drn!n?
needs to be 8 or more characters
System.out.println(“admin”);
Well lookie here, someone doesn’t use a leading space for their password
error: invalid character used. Try again.
