These Are The Most Used Passwords
May 4th is World Password Day, and there’s a good chance some of you are being hacked as we speak. We live in a digital world, and protecting your passwords and accounts should be a top priority! There’s a new report out from NordPass that has revealed the most popular passwords in the world. A shocking 83% of them can be cracked in “less than a second.”
In other words, STOP using the most obvious passwords as your password. According to NordPass, they evaluated a 3TB database to determine the most popular passwords in 30 countries. A whopping 4.9 million people in the world use “password” as their password, and it tops the list for most used in the world. It can also be hacked faster than it took you to choose this terrible password.
Here are the most used passwords here in the U.S.:
- guest
- 123456
- password
- 12345
- a1b2c3
- 123456789
- Password1
- 1234
- abc123
- 12345678
- qwerty
- baseball
- football
- unknown
- soccer
- jordan23
- iloveyou
- monkey
- shadow
- g_czechout
Need some tips on how to choose a password you can remember, and is harder to hack?
- Use at least 12 characters and mix them up! Throw in a @$%&!! and make sure to use numbers, lower case and upper case letters.
- Don’t reuse them. This one sucks because we need a password for literally everything, but seriously don’t use the same one for every account.
- Audit your accounts. Meaning, remember when you signed up for that subscription because you got a discount on that gift you bought your Great Aunt Ida and never used again? Yeah, delete that.
- Update your passwords regularly. If you’re still using the same password you used for your MySpace account, it’s safe to say, you’ve been hacked.
- Use a password manager. Most sites and apps have that feature.
Alright, now that you’ve learned your password sucks, get to changing it and keep yourself protected!
Here Are The Weirdest Things People Leave Behind In An Uber
Occasionally, we may forget something in the house, at an establishment, or maybe in your ride share. Uber released their seventh annual Uber Lost & Found Index. It shows which items riders leave behind the most often.
“As we head into another busy summer of travel, and hang on tight while Mercury makes its way back into Retrograde (which astrologists say influences forgetfulness), we’re back with the seventh annual Uber Lost & Found Index,” stated in a new release.
If you’re the type to lose stuff, you might want to be extra careful on weekends. In the U.S., some of the most forgetful days of the week are Saturday and Sunday. Keep your guard up in April: April 5 and April 9 are the most forgetful days of the year. Coming in at third is New Year’s Day. And the most common time of the day to report lost items is 11:00 p.m.
Certain lost items that peak on certain days. People are more likely to forget chargers on Mondays, passports on Saturdays, or groceries on Sundays.
Uber highlighted the most forgotten items, the most unique lost items, and the most forgetful cities. Their data also provides a snapshot of which times of day and days of the week riders forgot items the most.
Most forgotten items
They explained that the most forgotten items include clothing, phones, backpacks, wallets, headphones, jewelry, keys, books, laptops, and watches.
When it comes to their most forgetful cities, Jacksonville, Florida is at the top of the list. Followed by San Antonio, Texas, and Palm Springs, California. Out of their top ten most forgetful cities, Florida is the only state with two cities listed which include Jacksonville (#1) and Miami (#6).
Most unique items left behind
Those featured among the most unique things left in Ubers include a Danny DeVito Christmas ornament, a fog machine, an ankle monitor, small stone-carved whales, Britney Spears fantasy perfume, two fingernails, two pet turtles, a bidet, and others.
Take a look at the full 2023 Uber Lost & Found Index here.
Here are the top oddest things people leave behind in an Uber.
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