Top 50 worst computer passwords

Published: 6:33PM Tuesday August 18, 2009

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Close Up was shocked at how many people were willing to hand over their computer passwords for a chocolate bar. As part of our research we wanted to know what the worst passwords of all time were.

Website whatsmypass.com has compiled a list of the top 500 wost passwords and, scarily, approximately 1 in 50 people use one of the top 20 passwords. Is yours on the list?

Here's the top 50...

1) 123456
2) password
3) 12345678
4) 1234
5) pussy
6) 12345
7) dragon
8) qwerty
9) 696969
10) mustang
11) letmein
12) baseball
13) master
14) michael
15) football
16) shadow
17) monkey
18) abc123
19) pass
20) f***me
21) 6969
22) jordan
23) harley
24) ranger
25) iwantu
26) jennifer
27) hunter
28) f***
29) 2000
30) test
31) batman
32) trustno1
33) thomas
34) tigger
35) robert
36) access
37) love
38) buster
39) 1234567
40) soccer
41) hockey
42) killer
43) george
44) sexy
45) andrew
46) charlie
47) superman
48) asshole
49) f***you
50) dallas
Check out the rest of the top 500

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