![]() Also quite common are MM/DD combinations-those in which the first two digits are between “01” and “12” and the last two are between “01” and “31.” So choosing your birthday, your birth year, or a number that might be a lot of other people’s birthday or birth year makes your password significantly easier to guess. Meanwhile, every four-digit combination that starts with “19” ranks above the 80th percentile in popularity, with those in the late-er, upper-1900s coming in the highest. Researchers at the data analysis firm Data Genetics have found that the three most popular combinations-“1234,” “1111,” and “0000”- account for close to 20 percent of all four-digit passwords. ![]() But if you were careless enough to choose your birth date, a year in the 1900s, or an obvious numerical sequence, his chances go up. How easy would it be for a thief to guess your four-digit PIN? If he were forced to guess randomly, his odds of getting the correct number would be one in 10,000-or, if he has three tries, one in 3,333.
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