25 replies to this topic

[Shane]

I AM NOT ASKING FOR YOUR PASSWORD!

If any mods find this unsuitable, I will not be offended if the thread gets deleted.

 

Obviously this could be a controversial thread, but I am just curious what kinds of passwords other people use.

 

For example, a lot of people will do simple things like "football," which honestly is the dumbest way to password protect your accounts.

 

From time to time, I will use phrases from tv shows or songs with special characters and numbers to supplement the safety of the password.

L0ok@himW0RKING (from Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles)

 

What kinds of special things might you do to help protect your password?

 

Key things to keep in mind.

Do not use your password in more than one place.

Never give anyone online your password, or someone you might not trust.

Do not use simple passwords.

Use passwords that are unique to you.

Don't use your address, animal names, or easy things to guess.

 

Most used passwords of 2015

http://gizmodo.com/t...h-id-1753591514

 (compared to previous year)

 

 

1. 123456 (Unchanged)

2. password (Unchanged)

3. 12345678 (Up 1)

4. qwerty (Up 1)

5. 12345 (Down 2)

6. 123456789 (Unchanged)

7. football (Up 3)

8. 1234 (Down 1)

9. 1234567 (Up 2)

10. baseball (Down 2)

11. welcome (New)

12. 1234567890 (New)

13. abc123 (Up 1)

14. 111111 (Up 1)

15. 1qaz2wsx (New)

16. dragon (Down 7)

17. master (Up 2)

18. monkey (Down 6)

19. letmein (Down 6)

20. login (New)

21. princess (New)

22. qwertyuiop (New)

23. solo (New)

24. passw0rd (New)

25. starwars (New)

[Rauul]

qwertyuiop had that password

 

i use a mix of numbers and letters. example: R4uu1 (not my pass) or a rare word like feldespatoidesalcalinos (nobody knows i love rocks and this one is rare) 

[talbs]

99% of the time I use the stupidest passwords possible that people are extremely unlikely to guess.

 

I will never forget in college I had a password on my PC (because people in the dorm like to be funny) and the hint I used was "Capital of Vermont."

 

I came back from class or lunch or wherever I was and my roommate and two friends said "Do you know you spelled Montpelier wrong?" and I didn't make the connection at first. I said "What are you talking about?" and they told me they were referring to my computer password. I laughed and asked if they honestly thought my password would have anything to do with the hint. I am pretty sure my password at the time was like "12artichokes34" or something ridiculous.

[Rocket]

all of my passwords are similar but different. They all contain uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and a symbol. 

[KaibaSama]

I have a feeling solo and star wars are going to rise pretty quickly. Why? Because you can't have star wars without a solo. I'll show myself out now. 

 

I tend to use the same pasword for some things. Not important things like banks and such, but online games that aren't connected to anything important. All my passwords have uppercase, lowercase and at least two numbers. If you're dumb enough to make your password "password", you deserve to have your stuff broken into. 

[Cass]

I have a mix of uppercase, lowercase, numbers, sometimes signs if they're allowed (like * or _ or whatever). Sometimes I intentionally misspell words or use latin words as pass, and for some passwords I use double letters. Say my pass is Codex, I'd spell it ccooddeexx for my pass. My passwords are never directly related to whatever it is I'm using.

 

For every category I have a pool of passwords that I cycle through. I have a pool for online games (so if I play 6 online games they could be 1 of 3 passwords I always use), for social media (FB, twitter, instagram, forums like codex), for stores, for governmental sites and tools and for anything to do with payment (PayPal, online bank account checker) I have a unique randomly generated password for each of it. So there's sort of a system, but ridiculously hard to crack (I'll never say impossible, I'm sure someone could - but not your average hacker peasant).

[Blanc]

My passwords are very... strange, like me. If someone one day would guess which means my password, I would be dead.

[Elindoril]

My first password was the title of one of those free games you got out of a cereal box.

Used it for 10 years.

[Kaddict]

Why did you put my password as #2 on the list???

[Keil]

lol people are stupid for having easy passwords like those. I would never do such a thing.

 

*sweats nervously*

[Katya]

I use this since I started collecting Neopets' accounts and the number of passwords were too many to remember (funny thing I remember them now every time I login in any account *shrug*).

Since then, that site is where I get all my passwords.

Curiously, the only that's not randomly generated is the Codex one. Is a mix of letters about something I don't even remember anymore that involves me and Mancave, but the password I can't seem to forget. I'll change it in the nearest future though, by now I'm a bit sick of typing it lol

[Required]

I use complex passwords for the sites I care about. Those I don't I just use one stupid generic one.

[Coops]

I use passwords I can't remember but can type. As in, the only way I remember it is through muscle memory and they are usually long.

[Karla]

I'm one of the dumb people and use the same password for every site. However, since my usernames are different, I associate each of those usernames with unique passwords.  I use 2 numbers, at least 6 letters, and one character.

[Swar]

Relevant

[NapisaurusRex]

Most of my passwords are currently the same and there's a person who knows it, but I doubt they realize it.

I use the strategy that awarley posted in the comic with numbers on the end.

[meista]

I use this since I started collecting Neopets' accounts and the number of passwords were too many to remember (funny thing I remember them now every time I login in any account *shrug*).

Since then, that site is where I get all my passwords.

Curiously, the only that's not randomly generated is the Codex one. Is a mix of letters about something I don't even remember anymore that involves me and Mancave, but the password I can't seem to forget. I'll change it in the nearest future though, by now I'm a bit sick of typing it lol

 

You should try using this. I feel it's more advanced in terms of customisation options.

[GetJinxed]

My first password was the title of one of those free games you got out of a cereal box.

Used it for 10 years.

 

Bionicle?   I loved that game as a kid lel

[Elindoril]

Bionicle? I loved that game as a kid lel

Nah. Something else. I got a ton of those games.

[Rogue]

A mix of the site name, my name and my personal details.

 

Like: For neocodex: Neo12546#er%Codex

Facebook: FaceBgHy6785Book

[H3nryx]

I cannot BELIEVE people are using 123456 as their password LOL.

I always do upper, lower case mixed with numbers.

The password itself is usually a mix of family members names.

 

For example:

 

If I had a brothers Dan, Rob and sister claire I would use a password such as:

 

D@0bir34226 -< random numbers on the end

[Padme]

What sites even let people use those easy ones anymore?

I always get told my passwords aren't secure enough.

 

My passwords aren't secure at all. Just something I can remember.

I've used SKU's from previous jobs I worked that I still have memorized or really easy ones like my dead pets name and year of death: Cookie2004 

 

I rarely use a password that isn't one of 2/3 I always cycle. The exceptions are like my government account, banking and my itunes (SINCE MY FAMILY ALWAYS LOCKS MY ACCOUNT)

[DonValentino]

[Emily]

I use a random string of upper/lowercase letters and numbers. 

For example, H4aqCZ8w.

[DonValentino]

hunter2