Despite being easy for hackers to guess many people use
personal names and dates for their Internet and email
passwords. A Silicon.com article (citing a Visa Europe study)
reports that passwords about pets, birthdays, family members and
historical events are the most popular. The study even found
that 2% of people have used "password" as their password! The large amount of
passwords needed to surf the web today could be part of the
reason people choose familiar names and dates for their logins.
However, a combination of letters and numbers is a much better
choice from a security standpoint.
