On December 31, 2009, NPR ask Twitter and Facebook users to summarize 2009 in one word. In a matter of hours, they received almost 5000 replies. They use the tag cloud generator Wordle. The above image is what they get.
via NPR
Twitter bans its members from using the account when they sign up for new accounts. Most of these new accounts are obviously using the passwords like “password”, “twitter”, or “123456”.
Why are these accounts not welcome? This is not a security issue but in fact it’s very helpful for us, users of the web, to know that these passwords are the most common passwords used. Take a closer look at the source code and begin a search for ‘twttr.BANNED_PASSWORDS’ and chada!!! Total of 370 passwords. Check if your favorite password is in the list. Here’s the lists of banned passwords on Twitter. via TechCrunch
1. 111111
2. 11111111
3. 112233
4. 121212
5. 123123
6. 123456
7. 1234567
8. 12345678
9. 131313
10. 232323
11. 654321
12. 666666
13. 696969
14. 777777
15. 7777777
16. 8675309
17. 987654
18. aaaaaa
19. abc123
20. abc123
21. abcdef
22. abgrtyu
23. access
24. access14
25. action
26. albert
27. alexis
28. amanda
29. amateur
30. andrea
