Worst Passwords of 2015: ‘Star Wars' Terms and ‘1234'

Apparently a lot of folks don't realize that The Force won't be able to protect your data.

Popular "Star Wars"-related terms such as "starwars," "solo" and "princess" were new entries on the annual "Worst Passwords" list compiled by password management applications company SplashData, NBC News reported.

'Star Wars' terms aside, the 2015 list wasn't all that different from 2014 and years prior. "123456" and "password" once again were the most commonly used passwords, as they have been since SplashData's first list in 2011. People apparently liked numbers that were easy to remember: Six of the top 10 passwords for 2015 were simple numerical sequences ("1234," "12345," "123456" and so on).

Some new and longer passwords debuted on the 2015 list, but the longer passwords are so simple that their extra length is "virtually worthless as a security measure," SplashData said.

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