# Pets' names used as passwords by millions, study finds

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/pets-names-used-as-passwords-by-millions-study-finds/8672>\
**Category:** In The News\
**Tags:** security, via-bbc-news-tech\
**Created:** [10 April 2021 13:14 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/pets-names-used-as-passwords-by-millions-study-finds/8672 "2021-04-10T13:14:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/astonj/32/7_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [15 April 2021 20:30 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/pets-names-used-as-passwords-by-millions-study-finds/8672/4 "2021-04-15T20:30:26Z")

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I sometimes name things with the names of my pets, such as hostnames for servers 😃

Never used them for passwords tho 🙃

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