It is a hacker’s dream. Even in the face of repeated warnings to protect online accounts, a new study reveals that “admin” is the most commonly used password in the UK.

The second most popular, “123456”, is also unlikely to keep hackers at bay.

It’s not just a problem here – Australians, Americans and Germans also use “admin” more than any other password when accessing websites, apps and logging in to their computers. Around the world, “123456” emerges as the most popular.

  • jj4211@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I mean, how many factors do you advocate for? Two is generally plenty as long as they are good ones.

    E.g a passphrase protected ssh key is solid. Similarly protected passkey is good. A TOTP with password is… Not terrible I suppose… SMS would be pretty bad…