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If you see your password on this list, change it as soon as possible


Everyone should on high alert when visiting a new website, opening an email, or even clicking a link in a text message — but all of these dire threats have still yet to stop us from coming up with the worst passwords imaginable to protect our most important online accounts.


This week, password manager NordPass published its list of the 200 most common passwords of 2020, and if you thought that we might have made progress as a society in recent years when it comes to making passwords, you can disabuse yourself of those optimistic notions. Of the 200 most popular passwords this year, a board majority could be cracked by a bad actor in less than a second. If you currently use any of the passwords on the NordPass list that fall into this category, you are constantly an instant away from having your data stolen.


You can visit NordPass’s website to see the entire list of passwords — which includes interesting data points like how many people are using the password, how much time the password would take to crack, and how many times each of the passwords were exposed — but here are the 25 most common passwords of 2020:


123456

123456789

picture1

password

12345678

111111

123123

12345

1234567890

senha

1234567

qwerty

abc123

Million2

000000

1234

iloveyou

aaron431

password1

qqww1122

123

omgpop

123321

654321

qwertyuiop

I think my favorite revelation from the list is that “12345” has dropped from the top spot to #8, while “123456” has taken its place at #1. Basically, over the course of the last year, the most progress we’ve made is adding one extra number to the stupidest possible password, making it approximately 0% more secure.


Of course, the point of making this list wasn’t just to put people who use these passwords on blast. NordPass also offered up a list of useful tips for creating stronger passwords, like avoiding dictionary words, repetitive or sequential characters, and any personal details. The best passwords are at least 12 characters long, utilize a mix of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols, and are never used across multiple accounts.


Use a password generator to generate strong strings, keep track of them all with a password manager, and change your passwords more than once a year. These aren’t the most fun rules to live by, but if you want to ensure that all of your online data and accounts are secure, they’re important to make part of your life.

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  1. Meri instagram or facebook ka password kisi ne hack kr liya h
    Me kya kru ye kaise sahi hoga

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  2. Mera account locked ho gaya hai kaise sahi hoga

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  3. My Facebook account temporarily locked... wapas on karneke liye how this process...?

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  4. Mobile no daalkar dobara apply karo apka Pic dikhega usper jaakar open karo

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  5. Mai apni gmail ka password bhool chuka hu reset kaise hoga. Mujse reset nahi ho pa raha hai password

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  6. My facebook account was haked and....removed my e-mail id..

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  7. My goqii fitness band theater please block that band

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  8. Mera facebook account locked ho gya hai. Koi solution bataye...

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  10. Mera fb password kisine change kar diya hai usko kaise thik Karu.. please help

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  11. My facebook account is locked plz help

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    1. Mera v ac kisine sab change kara kya karu

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  12. mera facebook accont ka paassword bhool gaya hoon.please help me

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  13. Mera facebook or instagram disable ho gaya plz help me sir

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  14. Mera facebook accontka password bhoolgaya sir Help me

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  15. Mera facebook accontka password bhoolgaya sir Help

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  16. I remember my Facebook username and password, but I have to do two-step verification when I go to login. But the problem is that no verification code comes to my phone. Please fix the problem

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  17. Koi kaam ka nhi yehaa jo madad kr ske

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