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by John W. Simek, Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

Stupid is as Stupid Does

April 5, 2021

Forrest Gump must have gotten it right. The weakest link in any security program is a human being. No matter how much technology you deploy or what rigid policies are in place, the human will find a way to screw it up. Apparently, users can’t seem to lock their devices with anything more than a easily hacked passcode. iDrop News reported the twenty worst and most easily guessed passcodes (iPhone and Android) revealed by security expert Tarah Wheeler.

  1. 1234
  2. 1111
  3. 0000
  4. 1212
  5. 7777
  6. 1004
  7. 2000
  8. 4444
  9. 2222
  10. 6969
  11. 9999
  12. 3333
  13. 5555
  14. 6666
  15. 1122
  16. 1313
  17. 8888
  18. 4321
  19. 2001
  20. 1010

The scary truth is that these twenty crappy passcodes are used on 26% of mobile devices. Unbelievable. In 2011, the most common lock code was 1234. Ten years later the most common lock code is 1234. Further support that stupid is as stupid does.

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