A California company has found that computer users consistently choose weak passwords, with the most common one being 123456.

The second-most common password is 12345, followed by 123456789. And the fourth most common password is “password.”

You can see where this is going.

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No time?  Remember this:  Passwords should contain a minimum of eight characters. They should include a mix upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers and special characters such as !@#$%^&*.

Which brings us to Keleigh’s favorite joke of the minute:

During a recent password audit at City Hall, it was found that a Councilman was using the following password: “HappySleepyDopeyDocGrumpySneezyBashfulRudolfOlympia”

When asked why she had such a long password, the City leader said she was told that it had to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital.