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BlackBerry 10 won’t let you use dumb passwords such as ‘123456’ or ‘password’

Published Dec 5th, 2012 3:47PM EST
BlackBerry 10 Security

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In October, SplashData revealed the 25 worst passwords of 2012 and to nobody’s surprise, “password” and “123456” took the top two slots. In a rather smart move, RIM (RIMM) is taking extra precautions to make sure nobody is foolish enough to use such weak passwords in its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system. According to RapidBerry, there are 106 common passwords that BlackBerry 10 just won’t allow you use. Words such as “blackberry,” “computer” and “qwerty” are banned. At this point, we’re not sure what’s more sad, the fact that RIM has decided to block certain words from being accepted as passwords or that people still don’t know how to choose proper passwords. The full list of 106 forbidden passwords follows below.

1=123456
2=12345678
3=123abc
4=a1b2c3
5=aaaaaa
6=abc123
7=abc123
8=abcdef
9=amanda
10=andrew
11=angel
12=asdfgh
13=august
14=avalon
15=bandit
16=barney
17=baseball
18=batman
19=biteme
20=brandy
21=buster
22=butthead
23=calvin
24=canada
25=changeme
26=chelsea
27=coffee
28=computer
29=cowboy
30=diamond
31=donald
32=dorothy
33=dragon
34=eeyore
35=falcon
36=fishing
37=football
38=freedom
39=f***me
40=f***you
41=gandalf
42=george
43=harley
44=hello
45=helpme
46=hockey
47=iloveyou
48=internet
49=jennifer
50=jonathan
51=jordan
52=letmein
53=maggie
54=marina
55=master
56=matthew
57=merlin
58=michael
59=michelle
60=mickey
61=mike
62=miller
63=molson
64=Monday
65=monday
66=monkey
67=mustang
68=natasha
69=ncc1701
70=newpass
71=newyork
72=pamela
73=password
74=patrick
75=pepper
76=piglet
77=poohbear
78=pookie
79=princess
80=qwerty
81=rabbit
82=rachel
83=ranger
84=rocket
85=secret
86=service
87=shadow
88=snoopy
89=soccer
90=sparky
91=spring
92=steven
93=success
94=summer
95=sunshine
96=thomas
97=tigger
98=trustno1
99=victoria
100=whatever
101=wizard
102=zapata
103=blackberry
104=blackberryid
105=bbidentity
106=playbook

Raymond Wong is a technology reporter with a passion for cutting-edge gadgets and clean design. His writing has appeared on DVICE, Ubergizmo, G4TV, Yahoo News, NBC blogs. You might even have seen his videos on Xbox LIVE.