Attempting to know a person's password should be very difficult, but not if one is really good on using the art of social engineering. It has been proven that by just asking smartly, we can find out the passwords American use as their daily driver.

On the recent Jimmy Kimmel show, they did what is called the original form of hacking, which is social engineering. They wanted to find out if people were still crazy enough to give out their password despite knowing what is going on. Obviously, the plan did not disappoint, as several folks were so willing to give up everything.

It was quite funny to see how a person with a mic and a man pointing a camera so easily tricked some Americans. We can only hope that after this little social experiment, citizens in America and around the world learn not to give out their password to anyone, not even to the Queen of England or to Zeus himself.


Apart from giving away their password, we also wanted to touch on the password themselves. These passwords were so easy, and probably wouldn't be too difficult for a hacker to find out without even asking in the first place. Around two of the individuals in the video claimed that their password is actually the name of their cat; wait a minute, really?

Another, well, his passwords were both Israel, and Tel Aviv. For those who are unaware, Tel Aviv is the second most populous city in Israel after Jerusalem. Additionally, another person said he used his grandmother's name for his password; she is called Maria.

Now, it is full time for Internet users to end this madness of using names and places as their passwords. It makes for an easy meal for a hacker, and is one of the reasons why many social network accounts are hacked on a regular basis. Some might say there need to be more awareness about this issue, but we do not believe in such things.

You see, common sense alone should be enough to force Internet users to drop in a strong password instead of what many are using today.

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