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There's no evidence of any "##########" password in the list.

Please note that the use of "jesus" or "jesus1" is not necessarily a religious connotation. Surely at least a few of the almost 500,000 users were of a Spanish or Hispanic background and could simply have been using their own name or their father's for their password. "jesus" (you know... like in Die Hard 4 when Bruce Willis kept calling Samuel Jackson: 'Hey Zeus'" is not necessarily the same as the son of God.

So how do we check the list of half a million addresses to see if we are on it?

I find 1 Password (https://agilebits.com/onepassword) and Password Assistant (http://www.macworld....dassistant.html) to be indispensible.

"dontforget" change your passwords (and even the username) often.

AndrewDavis, on 13 July 2012 - 06:42 AM, said:

A lesson I learned well in my youth when I called up a guy selling an Upright Bass and called him Jesus instead of "Hey-sus". As the adage goes "you learn something new everyday" and I have not forgot what I learned on that day...

Tom, on 13 July 2012 - 08:17 AM, said:

Using search functionality should cut down on the time it takes.

How about using the Passcodes: "Iactuallyhaveajob", Iamnotunemployed", "Iwakeup2work", "nowelfare4me", "sayno2welfare", "nocollegegrants4me", "sayhellno2collegegrants"

Oops. Forgot a few more options. How about: "sayno2booze", "Iamnotanalcoholic", "lastsoberemployedman", "prohibitionNOW", "GetaJobNOW"

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MatthewUnkle, on 13 July 2012 - 01:09 PM, said:

If Jesus can't keep your password safe, who can? Maybe "KALI" or uncle "JORGE". Honestly, our passwords are really quite personal; not just for keeping our accounts safe but what they say about us. Even if 400 people use the same password, there's a myriad of reasons it was chosen.

bettercitizens, on 13 July 2012 - 09:35 AM, said:

I don't even know what my passwords are thanks to random generation in 1 Password. It's a little tedious recalling the passwords when on my iOS devices, but the browser plugins on the Mac are simple to use. Automatic syncing via DropBox makes it that much easier. I highly recommend a password keeper software instead of the same password on EVERYTHING!