Today’s New York Times has an interesting piece on people choosing common passwords for sensitive data. Apparently, the most popular passwords are:

Some of the passwords are actually quite humorous.  Nonetheless if you are using one of the passwords on the list, you might want to reconsider, especially now that the New York Times published the list. Remember, many of us are one password away from financial loss, irreparable data loss and major inconvenience.

[via NYT (Soon to be not free online.)]

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