The most-used passwords of 2017 make for some very depressing reading

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It turns out that 'qwerty' is quite easy to guess. And so is 'starwars'

Your password might be the most important part of your digital identity. Of course, it can be frustrating to continually be asked to come up with a unique phrase that consists of letters, numbers, ...

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