The top 6 popular passwords in UK 英国最常用六大密码

The top 6 popular passwords in UK
英国最常用六大密码

The top 6 popular passwords in UK

1. 'qwerty'

I wonder where the inspiration for this one came from? Perhaps when faced with a blinking cursor and an instruction to choose a password people will tend to look to the things closest to them - which would explain why 1 in 700 people choose 'qwerty' as their password. 〈计〉标准键盘，英文键盘

Why it’s not alphabetically arranged? 

QWERTY键盘是为了降低打字速度 

最初，打字机的键盘是按照字母顺序排列的，但如果打字速度过快，某些键的组合很容易出现卡键问题，于是克里斯托夫·拉森·授斯（Christopher Latham Sholes）发明了QWERTY键盘布局，他将最常用的几个字母安置在相反方向，最大限度放慢敲键速度以避免卡键。

QWERTY的键盘按键布局方式非常没效率。比如：大多数打字员惯用右手，但使用QWERTY键盘，左手却负担了57%的工作。两小指及左无名指是最没力气的指头，却频频要使用它们。排在中列的字母，其使用率仅占整个打字工作的30%左右，因此，为了打一个字，时常要上上下下移动指头。

2. '123456'

Can you count to 6? It's the most common minimum required length of password - and the 5th most common password. 

3. 'letmein'

A modern-day version of 'open sesame' - and 1 person in 560 will type 'letmein' as their password. Quite why is beyond me.

I could be mistaken, but I have a hunch that 'letmein' has been featured in a movie or TV series - Fox Mulder's password from the X Files - 'trustno1' - also ranked quite highly.

4. 'liverpool'

The most popular football team by some margin, Liverpool was the third most popular password overall. Does this mean that 1 in 550 people is such a devout Liverpool fan that they would be willing to entrust private data to the team they love?

Liverpool ranked 3rd in the average attendance ratings - leaving the 2 most popular teams, Manchester United and Newcastle United, out of the top 10 list - perhaps because they're too long and difficult to type.

5. 'password'

Akin to pressing the 'any' key, when told to enter a 'password', it would seem that users aren't the sharpest tool in the box - with almost 1 in 250 people choosing the word 'password'. 

6. '123'

With nearly 4 people in 1,000 opting for a simple numerical sequence as their password (it should be noted that there was no lower length limit specified), '123' must be the first thing a lot of people think of when asked to specify a password. One dreads to think what their PIN number might be!