The 25 Worst Passwords You Can Use

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Earlier this year, tech security company SplashData released their annual "Worst Passwords" List, and if you find one of yours on it, you may want to go ahead and change that right now.

In matters of online security and passwords, "worst" is synonymous with "most common." This list was culled from over 3.3 million leaked passwords (mostly from North America and Western Europe), and for the first time in the ranking's four-year history, "password" doesn't occupy the top spot (that honor goes to "123456"). New entries for 2014 include "baseball," "football," and "696969." Clever stuff, everybody.

The 25 Worst Passwords of 2014:

1. 123456

2. password

3. 12345

4. 12345678

5. qwerty

6. 1234567890

7. 1234

8. baseball

9. dragon

10. football

11. 1234567

12. monkey

13. letmein

14. abc123

15. 111111

16. mustang

17. access

18. shadow

19. master

20. michael

21. superman

22. 696969

23. 123123

24. batman

25. trustno1

Read more about the list here.