Wednesday 1 November 2017

[answered] how do i decide on a secure password? Pass! Google Chrome Extension

Since Adobe and Tesco were hacked it became apparent that there was a problem with the way people use passwords.

The top 10 passwords chosen by everyday people

include

1. names of pets
2. names of kids
3. sequences like 123456, 123
4. common passwords like letmein

Here's a formal list from the adobe hack. Recognise yours in there?

The Adobe Top 20 Passwords

  1. 123456
  2. 123456789
  3. password
  4. adobe123
  5. 12345678
  6. qwerty
  7. 1234567
  8. 111111
  9. photoshop
  10. 123123
  11. 1234567890
  12. 000000
  13. abc123
  14. 1234
  15. adobe1
  16. macromedia
  17. azerty
  18. iloveyou
  19. aaaaaa
  20. 654321

It's likely that the tesco list would read like this

  1. 123456
  2. 123456789
  3. password
  4. tesco123
  5. 12345678
  6. qwerty
  7. 1234567
  8. 111111
  9. tescoes
  10. 123123
  11. 1234567890
  12. 000000
  13. abc123
  14. 1234
  15. tesco1
  16. tesco
  17. azerty
  18. iloveyou
  19. aaaaaa
  20. 654321
You seeing a pattern here?

Anyway the solution to this is to generate a password that even a computer couldn't guess.

If you use google chrome theres an extension called Pass! which will generate a password for you using your email address and PIN - here's the link

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pass-secure-password-gene/necdcdkpkehcegpeghinfpbeplllkjai

This will generate a password for popular accounts that you can use and it looks like this...
Ac84aa87be81ab034f83f54583c6c1e2c
( 32 characters )

As long as you can remember your email and a PIN, the Pass! extension will generate and remind you. There's no need to remember passwords from now on.

Here's how to install..

1. visit the link
2. click add to chrome
3. click add extension
4. click the icon
5. enter your details and click generate button
6. your passwords are displayed - click the icon again to hide them

If your website is not listed, contact us to add it, or use the Gerneric Password.

Feel happy, be secure, download the extension now...

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pass-secure-password-gene/necdcdkpkehcegpeghinfpbeplllkjai