01-20-2016 , 12:04 AM
Quote:Despite the countless times we wrote on Softpedia about the importance of choosing and using strong passwords, with an accent on choosing a long password over a complex one, people still keep failing at protecting their personal details.
Why is it important to choose a long or complex password? Because short or common passphrases, even if encrypted, can be broken in a matter of minutes or hours with almost any competent password cracking tool.
All this said, on SplahsData's list of worst passwords of 2015, "123456" nabbed the top stop once again, just like in 2014.
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