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Seven years since our first top 200 common passwords list, we’ve witnessed how credential trends have changed — and what has remained the same. Each year, we rediscover people’s tendency to opt for weak passwords that prioritize convenience over security.
However, this year, we decided to ask ourselves: How do different generations treat their password use? From the silent generation to the “zoomers,” we analyzed which passwords are the most common among different user groups. As it turns out, bad password habits are trendy no matter how old you are.
It’s normally what’s used when told to changing from admin/admin. Not for production devices but when testing things out new set ups and such. It’s usually something like this or the carrier’s name + 123. Once put into production there will be a compliant password generated and stored. Thing with these lists is that networking/IT/telco people may have the default password for several hundred devices saved in their browser or password manager so you get skewed results.