After analyzing 15 billion passwords, these are the most common phrases people use

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

Results show that the internet’s favorite curse word is “ass” coming in at nearly 27 million usages, followed by “sex” at a little over 5 million.

When did "sex" become a curse word?

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

When they started using it to apply to gender identity.

Was that a set up?

[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

When did "sex" become a curse word?

When they started using it to apply to gender identity.

I'm envisioning a bunch of sex hating transgender cryptographers performing "content analysis" on people's passwords.

Par for 2020.

[–]grixit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My password identifies as unbreakable. If you hack me you're cryptophobic.