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Crappy Passwords Very Common

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-shocker-here dept.

KeatonMill writes "CNN released this story about passwords. Apparently, a group of UK psychologists did a study about password selection, and found that many passwords can be guessed if access to the subject's desk is allowed (the article gives an example of sports memoribilia representing sports-related passwords). According to the study, 50 percent of people use names of family members or pets as passwords."

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  1. All your *dots are belong to Slash! by Ragica · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hey, with /. trying to generate some money with big adds, maybe they should just hire some lawyers and sue all the sites with "whateverdot" type names.