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Easy to guess, hard to believe: America's most common passwords

The most commonly used personal password in the US this year was "secret" followed by the venerable "123456" and stalwart "password." Two variants of the same string...

NordPass has published its annual list of the most commonly used passwords and to the surprise of absolutely nobody, the situation is remains critical. NordPass utilized a 2.5 TB database containing information from multiple public sources, including the dark web, for its report. It's clear that efforts to promote stronger password use have come up short – an alarming reality considering more of our lives are online now than ever before.

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