January 04, 2010, 1:39 PM — Sorry superhero fans, your passwords say a bit too much about you.
In addition to being hopelessly unoriginal, Twitter has determined that your passwords of choice are too tempting to password stealers. And so it has banned them for new users. But, hey, at least you're not alone. Folks who choose tech terms over superheroes aren't safe either. Twitter has also deemed "qwerty", "computer," and "internet" too easy to steal.
See the full list of banned passwords.
Amy Bennett is ITworld's managing editor. Follow her on 
Google+ and Twitter @atbennett
10 comments
5 comments
3 comments
2 comments
2 comments
The White Paper HP Client Virtualization with AppSense User Virtualization is the best way to beat IT complexity! was viewed
The White Paper Cloud Security Vendor Round Table was viewed
The White Paper Simplify Your Audits and Compliance Efforts was viewed
recsx has just joined ITworld
David F. Slone, Esq. has just joined ITworld
John Birch has just joined ITworld
smithmarcus457 has just joined ITworld
brrinmn has just joined ITworld
The White Paper No Compromise Performance and Security with Oracle's x86 Intel-based Systems was viewed
Dominic Jones - SME IT Consultant at Barton Technology has just joined ITworld
pieterh has just joined ITworld
The White Paper Database Activity Monitoring Is Evolving was viewed
The White Paper Web Application Security e-Kit was viewed
natexitworld has just joined ITworld
The Webcast Distributed Database Security with Real-time Monitoring was viewed
texaswriter has just joined ITworld
The White Paper Migrating Your Legacy IBM Database Environment to the Latest Oracle Technologies was viewed
Cpondx has just joined ITworld
aseigo has just joined ITworld
The White Paper IDC Vendor Spotlight was viewed
The White Paper Forrester Whitepaper: IT Operations Managers Must Rethink Their Approach to Private Cloud was viewed
The White Paper ESG: Product Brief: Quest vRanger 5.3 brings enterprise-class VMware protection to SMB's was viewed
The White Paper Turning Financial Mainframe Applications into SOA Building Blocks was viewed
The White Paper vRanger Helps Cut Replication Time by Almost 70% was viewed
The Webcast On-Demand Video: Data Protection for Mixed Environments was viewed
The White Paper Five Myths of Cloud Computing was viewed
The White Paper Best Practice Guide "Taking a Proactive Approach to Patch Management" was viewed
The White Paper IDG Tech Dossier: Converged Storage ~ A Next Gen Storage Strategy for Big Data was viewed
The White Paper ESG Lab Review: HP 3PAR Peer Motion Software was viewed
The Webcast The Rise of the Mobile Workforce: Don't Lose Control of Managing End User Experience was viewed
ITworld Answers helps you solve problems and share expertise. Ask a question or take a crack at answering the new questions below.
Join Now
