{"id":371,"date":"2007-08-05T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-05T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2007\/08\/05\/top-ten-passwords\/"},"modified":"2007-08-05T15:22:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-05T23:22:00","slug":"top-ten-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2007\/08\/top-ten-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Passwords?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was reading a past issue of PC Mag (May 2007) and found…<\/p>\n

10 Most Common Passwords<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. password<\/li>\n
  2. 123456<\/li>\n
  3. qwerty<\/li>\n
  4. abc123<\/li>\n
  5. letmein<\/li>\n
  6. monkey<\/li>\n
  7. myspace1<\/li>\n
  8. password1<\/li>\n
  9. blink182<\/li>\n
  10. (your first name)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now I think that this list has been circulating the web for some time. Do you really think that one of the top ten would still be “blink182”?<\/p>\n

    Anyway, it got me thinking about password security and I thought I might share some of those thoughts with you. <\/p>\n

    First a confession, some of my passwords are not that great. Ok – that being said, here are my suggestions to preserve good password protection for your files and online activity.<\/p>\n

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    1. Don’t make it a real word. Real words are easy to figure out. Most hacking programs can easily run through the dictionary – in several languages.<\/li>\n
    2. Don’t make it the name of anyone, or anything – living, dead, friend, foe, animal, mineral or vegetable. Not your best friends name, your old school name, or your favorite food name.<\/li>\n
    3. Don’t make it a series of numbers or letters that is easy to type on your keyboard. Don’t leave a password as whatever the default was when you installed the program or set up the account.<\/li>\n
    4. Don’t make it the same on multiple accounts or websites. <\/li>\n
    5. Never make your online banking password the same as anything else.<\/li>\n
    6. Don’t make all of your financial accounts the same password.<\/li>\n
    7. Don’t write down your password, but if you do, just write down partials or reminders.<\/li>\n
    8. Don’t tell anyone your password, even the IT guy. Just type it in for them if they are working on your machine.<\/li>\n
    9. When you tell someone your password (I knew you would) write it down and don’t say it out loud. Show the paper to the person and then destroy the paper.<\/li>\n
    10. If you are asked to change your password – don’t just add a number on the end.<\/li>\n
    11. Be rationally paranoid. Don’t get lazy. A good dose of fear works wonders. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Well – that does it for the short list. Now, I need to go take some of my own advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      I was reading a past issue of PC Mag (May 2007) and found… 10 Most Common Passwords password 123456 qwerty abc123 letmein monkey myspace1 password1 blink182 (your first name) Now I think that this list has been circulating the web for some time. Do you really think that one of the top ten would still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4,10],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-software","category-tips","category-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t