If you see your password below, STOP!

Do not finish reading this post and immediately go change your password. You will probably make changes in several places since passwords tend to be reused for multiple accounts.

Here are two lists, the first compiled by SplashData:

1. password

2. 123456

3.12345678

4.qwerty

5. abc123

6.monkey

7. 1234567

8.letmein

9. trustno1

10.dragon

11. baseball

12. 111111

13.iloveyou

14. master

15. sunshine

16. ashley

17. bailey

18. passw0rd

19.shadow

20. 123123

21.654321

22.superman

23. qazwsx

24. michael

25. football

If you’ve gotten this far and don’t see any of your passwords, that’s good news. But, note that you should choose complex passwords combining letters and numbers.

• It should contain at least eight characters

• It should contain a mix of four different types of characters – upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters such as !@#$%^&*,;” If there is only one letter or special character, it should not be either the first or last character in the password.

• It should not be a name, a slang word, or any word in the dictionary. It should not include any part of your name or your e mail address.

Following that advice, of course, means you’ll create a password that will be impossible.

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