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The worst passwords of 2023 are also the most common, "123456" comes in first (www.techspot.com)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

They got this data from password leaks. Crappy sites that force you to create an unnecessary account for basic usage are arguebly more often part of password leaks.

So it's not a surprise that a huge amount of leaked accounts have passwords like 123456, because that's exactly the right kind of password for a throwaway account that you'll never need again. In the best case coupled to a trashmail email account.