Jul 12, 200608:02 AMThe Life

Secret, Sex, Love, God

...are the 4 most common user passwords. So you might want to avoid using 'em. Your choice.

These are the most common password patterns: pet's name, user's own name or initials, spouse's name, children's names, favorite sport, team, hobby or recording artist. Also: birthdays (women often use their wedding date or children's birthdays, but men never seem to use these).

And here are the top ten UK passwords:
10) thomas (.099%)
9) arsenal (.111%)
8) monkey (.133%)
7) charlie (.139%)
6) qwerty (.141%)
5) 123456 (.163%)
4) letmein (.176%)
3) liverpool (.182%)
2) password (.3780%)
1) 123 (.3784%)