Experts Warn AI Program Can Steal Our Passwords

The New York Post says hackers may use artificial intelligence to steal passwords in the future.  Researchers trained an AI model to identify keyboard sounds.

The AI program reproduced the keyboard sounds and was able to identify passwords with a 95% accuracy rate. Cyber experts are calling the attack an "acoustic side channel attack."

Should we be worried about the use of AI in the future? I am not really to worried about what the experts are saying because I have lived through many challenges and changes in the tech world, and managed to survive unharmed thus far.

So, picture this: It's the year 2000, and we're all rocking those stylishly questionable Y2K outfits, bracing ourselves for the technological apocalypse that never happened. I mean, we were more afraid of our computers turning rebellious than teenagers! We had to coax our dial-up internet like it was a moody cat – "Come on, buddy, just one more 'beep-boop' and we're connected!"

Then there's the evolution of phones – from indestructible Nokia bricks to touchscreens that seemed to crack if you stared at them wrong. Remember how we'd play that snake game like it was the Olympics of the pixelated world? And selfies? Nah, we had to endure the agony of disposable cameras and the surprise of getting our thumb in the shot.

Fast forward, and social media turned us all into self-proclaimed photographers. Food? Snap. Cats? Snap. Duck face? Well, you get the point. And oh, the joy of autocorrect fails – turning "grandma" into "grilled cheese" had us all feeling like culinary wizards.

In the end, we survived Y2K, witnessed the rise of smartphones, and embraced the art of the selfie. The past was a hilarious ride, and we're still here, sending emojis and hashtags into the digital abyss, wondering what the next decade will bring. Time flies when you're laughing at technology's quirks!

You might think your favorite password is really easy to remember. But if it's too easy, chances are it's not very secure. Mobile security firm Lookout recently published a tally of the 20 most commonly found passwords in leaked account information on the dark web. As you would expect, many of the passwords are a variation of "12345," while others are as simple as "Iloveyou." With passwords like that, you're putting yourself at risk to get hacked.

We get it: you want a password that is easy to recall. According to NordPass, the average person has more than 100 different online accounts that utilize passwords. It's hard to remember all of those. But, make sure those passwords aren't too easy to hack.

One idea is keeping an old-fashioned notebook - yeah, that thing with paper wound into a binder - with all of your passwords in a secure place. And, switch up the characters, using numbers, letters and symbols.

The list is via mobile security firm Lookout.

This is literally the easiest password ever. Do people really use this?

Taking the easiest password and adding a few more digits..as if that makes it any more difficult to figure out!

This one caught me by surprise. Why is this such a popular password choice?

You have to be kidding me.

Another super easy one.

Notice how so many of these are just variations of 12345?

I can't imagine anyone using this as their password, but it's apparently very popular.

Another variation of 12345.

At least this one switches up the number order a little. But still!

Now we're getting complicated. Not, really.

This actually doesn't look like a super easy password to me, but it's obviously based off the keyboard, so I can see why it's easy to crack.

One more based on 12345.

LOL.

You cannot be serious. Don't most password systems prevent a password like this, anyway?

Are we in grade school?

Descending.

Another super easy one.

Probably the most complicated on on here.

Very sweet- but not a good password.

All you kids who think it's cool to use "666" for anything won't think it's too cool when you get hacked!