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370 Passwords Twitter Won’t Let You Use, and No One Else Should Either

370 Passwords Twitter Won’t Let You Use, and No One Else Should Either

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Dave Saunders • 1 Comment

Twitter-press-bird From the “huh, that’s kind of odd” category, Twitter has hard-coded 370 passwords that you may not use.

To check it out, simply visit the sign up page, view source and look for the source code that starts out like this…

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
  twttr.BANNED_PASSWORDS = ["111111","11111111","112233","121212"…

The entire list is there for you to enjoy.

To some, the contents of this list may seem obvious. In general hackers tend to be clever. The ones who aren’t tend to run hacker tools which are written by those whom are clever.

In the movies, we’re led to believe that cracking a password requires some amazing effort and lots of processing power. In reality it usually requires knowing the name of your first born or your pet.

People really do pick OBVIOUS passwords.

If your passwords can be found on page 1 of a paperback dictionary, you might consider an update. At the very least, check out the following list from Twitter’s list of banned passwords and make sure you’re not using them anywhere else.

 

  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
  31. andrew
  32. angela
  33. angels
  34. animal
  35. anthony
  36. apollo
  37. apples
  38. arsenal
  39. arthur
  40. asdfgh
  41. asdfgh
  42. ashley
  43. august
  44. austin
  45. badboy
  46. bailey
  47. banana
  48. barney
  49. baseball
  50. batman
  51. beaver
  52. beavis
  53. bigdaddy
  54. bigdog
  55. birdie
  56. bitches
  57. biteme
  58. blazer
  59. blonde
  60. blondes
  61. bond007
  62. bonnie
  63. booboo
  64. booger
  65. boomer
  66. boston
  67. brandon
  68. brandy
  69. braves
  70. brazil
  71. bronco
  72. broncos
  73. bulldog
  74. buster
  75. butter
  76. butthead
  77. calvin
  78. camaro
  79. cameron
  80. canada
  81. captain
  82. carlos
  83. carter
  84. casper
  85. charles
  86. charlie
  87. cheese
  88. chelsea
  89. chester
  90. chicago
  91. chicken
  92. cocacola
  93. coffee
  94. college
  95. compaq
  96. computer
  97. cookie
  98. cooper
  99. corvette
  100. cowboy
  101. cowboys
  102. crystal
  103. dakota
  104. dallas
  105. daniel
  106. danielle
  107. debbie
  108. dennis
  109. diablo
  110. diamond
  111. doctor
  112. doggie
  113. dolphin
  114. dolphins
  115. donald
  116. dragon
  117. dreams
  118. driver
  119. eagle1
  120. eagles
  121. edward
  122. einstein
  123. erotic
  124. extreme
  125. falcon
  126. fender
  127. ferrari
  128. firebird
  129. fishing
  130. florida
  131. flower
  132. flyers
  133. football
  134. forever
  135. freddy
  136. freedom
  137. gandalf
  138. gateway
  139. gators
  140. gemini
  141. george
  142. giants
  143. ginger
  144. golden
  145. golfer
  146. gordon
  147. gregory
  148. guitar
  149. gunner
  150. hammer
  151. hannah
  152. hardcore
  153. harley
  154. heather
  155. helpme
  156. hockey
  157. hooters
  158. horney
  159. hotdog
  160. hunter
  161. hunting
  162. iceman
  163. iloveyou
  164. internet
  165. iwantu
  166. jackie
  167. jackson
  168. jaguar
  169. jasmine
  170. jasper
  171. jennifer
  172. jeremy
  173. jessica
  174. johnny
  175. johnson
  176. jordan
  177. joseph
  178. joshua
  179. junior
  180. justin
  181. killer
  182. knight
  183. ladies
  184. lakers
  185. lauren
  186. leather
  187. legend
  188. letmein
  189. little
  190. london
  191. lovers
  192. maddog
  193. madison
  194. maggie
  195. magnum
  196. marine
  197. marlboro
  198. martin
  199. marvin
  200. master
  201. matrix
  202. matthew
  203. maverick
  204. maxwell
  205. melissa
  206. member
  207. mercedes
  208. merlin
  209. michael
  210. michelle
  211. mickey
  212. midnight
  213. miller
  214. mistress
  215. monica
  216. monkey
  217. monkey
  218. monster
  219. morgan
  220. mother
  221. mountain
  222. muffin
  223. murphy
  224. mustang
  225. naked
  226. nascar
  227. nathan
  228. naughty
  229. ncc1701
  230. newyork
  231. nicholas
  232. nicole
  233. nipple
  234. nipples
  235. oliver
  236. orange
  237. packers
  238. panther
  239. panties
  240. parker
  241. password
  242. password
  243. password1
  244. password12
  245. password123
  246. patrick
  247. peaches
  248. peanut
  249. pepper
  250. phantom
  251. phoenix
  252. player
  253. please
  254. pookie
  255. porsche
  256. prince
  257. princess
  258. private
  259. purple
  260. pussies
  261. qazwsx
  262. qwerty
  263. qwertyui
  264. rabbit
  265. rachel
  266. racing
  267. raiders
  268. rainbow
  269. ranger
  270. rangers
  271. rebecca
  272. redskins
  273. redsox
  274. redwings
  275. richard
  276. robert
  277. rocket
  278. rosebud
  279. runner
  280. rush2112
  281. russia
  282. samantha
  283. sammy
  284. samson
  285. sandra
  286. saturn
  287. scooby
  288. scooter
  289. scorpio
  290. scorpion
  291. secret
  292. sexsex
  293. shadow
  294. shannon
  295. shaved
  296. sierra
  297. silver
  298. skippy
  299. slayer
  300. smokey
  301. snoopy
  302. soccer
  303. sophie
  304. spanky
  305. sparky
  306. spider
  307. squirt
  308. srinivas
  309. startrek
  310. starwars
  311. steelers
  312. steven
  313. sticky
  314. stupid
  315. success
  316. summer
  317. sunshine
  318. superman
  319. surfer
  320. swimming
  321. sydney
  322. taylor
  323. tennis
  324. teresa
  325. tester
  326. testing
  327. theman
  328. thomas
  329. thunder
  330. thx1138
  331. tiffany
  332. tigers
  333. tigger
  334. tomcat
  335. topgun
  336. toyota
  337. travis
  338. trouble
  339. trustno1
  340. tucker
  341. turtle
  342. twitter
  343. united
  344. vagina
  345. victor
  346. victoria
  347. viking
  348. voodoo
  349. voyager
  350. walter
  351. warrior
  352. welcome
  353. whatever
  354. william
  355. willie
  356. wilson
  357. winner
  358. winston
  359. winter
  360. wizard
  361. xavier
  362. xxxxxx
  363. xxxxxxxx
  364. yamaha
  365. yankee
  366. yankees
  367. yellow
  368. zxcvbn
  369. zxcvbnm
  370. zzzzzz

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  • Debora

    I unserstand the reason for some of those, but not all.