Tag: password

The good news is that “password” is no longer the most-popular password on the Internet, according to the latest report from SplashData. The bad news is that it’s still the second-most common—and “123456” is the first. At first blush, SplashData’s annual list of the 25 most common passwords—compiled from files posted online in the wake of security breaches—is not the sort of document that instills great faith in the cleverness of the online masses. On the other hand, some password has to be the most popular. Wouldn’t it be weird...