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
- 123456
- 123456789
- password
- adobe123
- 12345678
- qwerty
- 1234567
- 111111
- photoshop
- 123123
- 1234567890
- 000000
- abc123
- 1234
- adobe1
- macromedia
- azerty
- iloveyou
- aaaaaa
- 654321
It's likely that the tesco list would read like this
- 123456
- 123456789
- password
- tesco123
- 12345678
- qwerty
- 1234567
- 111111
- tescoes
- 123123
- 1234567890
- 000000
- abc123
- 1234
- tesco1
- tesco
- azerty
- iloveyou
- aaaaaa
- 654321
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