Comments on: Twitter’s 370 Banned Passwords: What’s Twitter Got Against Hooters? http://hughbriss.com/twitters-370-banned-passwords-whats-twitter-got-against-hooters/ Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:14:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ian http://hughbriss.com/twitters-370-banned-passwords-whats-twitter-got-against-hooters/comment-page-1/#comment-996 Ian Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:16:26 +0000 http://hughbriss.com/?p=726#comment-996 I think this list of passwords is based on statistics and maybe auto-updated by the popularity of the password, so a maximum number of people can use a password before it gets banned. Common passwords are obviously more guessable perhaps by looking at the users profile.<br><br>The answer in my opinion is to use a password manager, or if you need to remember it, pick a random easy-to-spell word out of the dictionary and add a number. I think this list of passwords is based on statistics and maybe auto-updated by the popularity of the password, so a maximum number of people can use a password before it gets banned. Common passwords are obviously more guessable perhaps by looking at the users profile.

The answer in my opinion is to use a password manager, or if you need to remember it, pick a random easy-to-spell word out of the dictionary and add a number.

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