Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for February 11, 2013

closely followed by 123456 and 000000, and lots of others. No-no Lists abound on the internet.

how ‘bout ’drowssap’?

Try Opensesame40.

Stronger would be: 0p3nS3s@m3

How about " password "

Try: MickeyMinnieDonaldGoofyPlutoHueyDueyLueySacramento(8 characters and a capitol)

I saw an article in one of my computer magazines that suggested abbreviating a phrase that you would be familiar with. Example: “My wife Marys birthday is January 18 and she likes Snickers” would be “MwMbiJ18aslS”. (I know – bad example – make up your own) But something like that uses a mix of upper and lower case letters and numbers, and exceeds the common minimum of 8 characters. Think about it.

I saw a cartoon not too long ago where an elderly lady was telling her friend/neighbor that since the computer always said: “ENTER YOUR PASSWORD” she could never forget it: YOUR PASSWORD

So the combination is [password/PIN]… one, two, three, four, five? That’s the stupidest combination I’ve ever heard in my life! That’s the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage! – paraphrased from Dark Helmet, Spaceballs

Actually, I had a locked file that I came across after years. Took me weeks of trying every password I’ve ever used before I just hit the enter key without a password. It worked. Sheeze!