One In 10 Have The Same ATM Password: Do You?

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First Posted: 09/25/2012 12:09 pm Updated: 09/25/2012 12:09 pm

Walletpop Canada:

All of have to juggle several passwords on a daily basis - a smartphone code, email password, ATM code - it can all become a bit too much to handle. And then we're asked to change our passwords on a regular basis as well. It pays to recall that having a commonly used password can put you in danger of being hacked. Laugh if you will, but 'password' still tops the list of, well, bad passwords, proving that no matter how many years go by, people still seem unable, or unwilling, to adopt more secure passwords.

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Gnomish
ego doctus ignarus
09:22 PM on 09/27/2012
Trick is to use a
decimal.
11:27 PM on 09/25/2012
Hey mine is 123. Anyone out there with the same one???
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BCSLAVE
Got a key?
03:18 PM on 09/25/2012
Mines password what`s yours
09:35 PM on 09/25/2012
Very funny. You think that old trick will get me to reveal that mine is 0000? I mean not 0000....I mean...
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Richard Pearce
Atheistic-agnostic Canadian polymath
09:39 PM on 09/26/2012
Oooops, now that everyone knows, you need to switch. May I suggest 'notpassword'. (Bonus points for anyone who gets the reference)