Most frustrating WiFi password ever? The simple word that's baffling everyone

IF YOU don't want anyone to access your WiFi give this mind-bending code a try.

A new WiFi password is baffling internet users

It's been described as the "worst WiFi password ever" and it's not hard to see why.

The word “fourwordsalluppercase” looks simple enough, but attempting to explain it to anyone appears to be almost impossible.

When asking for the code people’s initial instinct is to type the infuriating phrase in upper case as four separate words.

And after explaining that it’s actually “one word, all lowercase” things get even more confusing.

The exasperating password appeared in a YouTube video earlier this week and has since gone viral – getting over 1.5million views in just two days.

WATCH THE INFURIATING VIDEO BELOW

 

 

Creating and using good passwords is not rocket science

Mark James. IT security specialist ESET

 

Although the “fourwordsalluppercase” password is clearly a joke, a recent government survey has found that three quarters of Britons use passwords that are not secure.

Britons are risking their personal information being stolen by hackers by using predictable passwords, including a pet's name, place of birth or something related to a favourite sports team.

This troubling security flaw echoes a survey of the most common passwords of last year, collated from millions of pieces of stolen login data logged throughout 2014, which found the most common passwords to be "123456" and "password".

Weak passwords can give hackers quick and easy access to online profiles.

 

Three quarters of Britons use passwords which aren't secure

 

Mark James, an IT security specialist for anti-virus firm ESET, said that internet users need to do more to protect their data, rather than solely relying on the technology companies they store information with.

"We have to take some responsibility," he said.

"We need to always examine and evaluate what data is being uploaded by default and ask ourselves do we really need to store this data in the cloud? 

"If we do then we have to take responsibility and ensure we use complex unique passwords, it's your data, and it's your life it affects if that data goes missing.

"Creating and using good passwords is not rocket science."

 

The 10 most popular passwords you should NEVER use

1. 123456

2. password

3. 12345 

4. 12345678

5. qwerty

6. 123456789

7. 1234 

8. baseball 

9. dragon 

10. football