As a word of warning to those of you using Gmail, the autocomplete feature works differently than Outlook and most other email programs.

In this case, the email I was sending it to started with “austin”. But when you start typing that into email it does a search for the email rather than looking for emails that start with the word. So it found another email address with “austin” in it.

#1: blank (no password just hit enter)
#2: password
#3: love
#4: their kid’s name
#5: their dog’s name
#6: spouse’s name

This list probably covers about 90% of my customer before I get to them and force them to change their password.

I agree with your list a totally like the ideal of #3. Change your passwords frequently and have a routine schedule for making changes.

Oops, did I just post that?

Got your email. While “ILoveBritneySpears” is quite a long password, I would suggest using numbers and characters in future passwords. Hope your wife wasn’t on the mailing list, too. Secret’s safe with me (and everyone else).