The 20 combinations that are repeated the most and that should be avoided on cell phones

The overwhelming assortment of passwords that mobile telephony requires forces consumers to repeat the selection of passwords or directly enter one that is easy to remember: an investigation into four-digit PINs revealed that at least 1 in 10 people uses 1234.

In theory, there are 10,000 combinations possible four-digit numbers in which numbers can be arranged from 0 to 9. If everyone chose a number completely at random, that would offer a reasonable level of protection.

The report makes a ranking with the 20 codes most used in the world, which represent 26.83% of the total. Below is the list of codes and the percentage of repetitions recorded. Needless to say, If there is a match, it is advisable to look for a different one..

Consumers, exhausted by the bombardment of passwords that seal different mobile accesses and other service accounts, end up choosing the most predictable combinations.

To avoid the stress of remembering, many look for combinations that are easy to remember, either because it coincides with their year of birth, the day of their birthday or some other key information, but they do not think that this date appears on the DNI. Many criminals already know which are the most common.

Others establish it by the little drawing it forms when they enter it on the keyboard. One of the most popular is 2580which is typed forming a straight vertical line with the central keys of the mobile phone or dataphone.

There are, however, those who choose the sequential combinations of even (2-4-6-8) or odd (1-3-5-7) numbers, and they are not recommended either.

Experts, in addition to escaping from the 20 indicated, also explain that you should avoid those that are associated with a deductible date of birth, such as those that begin with 19 or 20, and of course, try some variation with the year of birth.

According to the study, the least used combination is 8068with only 25 occurrences in 3.4 million (this is equivalent to 0.000744%, a ridiculous percentage).

Fifteen years ago, at the dawn of social media, a six-character password was considered secure. Currently, the basic thing is that you have at least eight charactersalthough it is recommended that it reaches a extension of fifteen, with capital letters, symbols and numbers.

In Argentina, the most used combination is 123456, followed by 123456789 and the no less original 12345 according to ESET, a security expert.

Secure passwords, according to specialists at Kaspersky, do not have to match a word and must contain an apparently random combination of letters, numbers and special characters.

Some security specialists have recommended new approaches, such as using the first letters of a phrase that you can easily remember, but that would be difficult to guess.