![]() ![]() (Better yet, share this post with friends and colleagues and suggest they try it out too). Try it out yourself with your favourite passwords For example, almost any random string of 8 letters will take ABOUT 7 SECONDS OR LESS! This first site “How Secure Is My Password” shows you how long it would normally take a hacker to crack your password. You simply type in a password script and they show you how secure it might be. We found a number of password calculators online designed to show people how weak their most passwords are. Well it might surprise you how easy passwords really are to crack. And you really believe your password is unique and hard to crack, right? Or maybe you’re just like millions of of other lazy users who have a hard time remembering strong passwords ‘cause it’s a hassle. If one of these passwords are yours, you might be an idiot. Yes, it looks just like the same list of the most common passwords we saw three years ago, and three years before that. Why aren't people "getting it"? January 2016 Annual List of the 25 Most Common Hacked Passwords… Let me explain, but first, you have to look closely here at SplashData’s Well, the joke’s on us for everyone who manages an office with users who access an office network at work or from home. We collectively smirk and grin, and probably wonder at who these silly people are who think they’re securing their online accounts with such ridiculously simple passwords. Security experts have been warning us for more than 20 years that the most common passwords people use online provide ZERO to NO barriers to intrusion by hackers. It ought to be, because every user survey I’ve ever seen scares the crap out of me. ![]() But our user's personal account passwords aren’t always top-of-mind when we think of office network and data security. We all know that password security is important-especially in an office. Who Thinks These Weak Passwords are Funny? The Joke is on us. ![]()
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