Marketplace®

Daily business news and economic stories

No, "Star Wars" is not a secure password

Turns out a lot of people are using the Force when selecting a password.

People never ever learn.

Saw this in the Wall Street Journal: the 2015 list of most common passwords.

Number one, with a bullet: 123456.

Don’t do that.

Number two: password. Seriously.

New on the list this year, and the real reason I’m doing this item, at number 25: starwars.

All one word. All lower case.

 

Related Topics

Collections:

Latest Episodes

View All Shows
  • Marketplace
    6 hours ago
    25:51
  • Make Me Smart
    12 hours ago
    21:10
  • Marketplace Morning Report
    14 hours ago
    6:50
  • Marketplace Tech
    18 hours ago
    8:28
  • This Is Uncomfortable
    4 days ago
    4:41
  • Million Bazillion
    a month ago
    32:45