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Touch ID, facial recognition and other emerging technologies have thus far failed to prove that they are ready to replace username/password combinations. In April 2019, an information security researcher armed with a 3D printer that uses stereolithography technology was able to fool the Samsung S10+ fingerprint sensor with a facsimile of his own index finger. Strong password security is rather important which is why software like 1Password exists. It isn’t quite as bad as using “123456” or “qwerty123” but you get the idea. In 2017, an information security researcher combed through a massive dump of more than 590 million hacked internet accounts and found that “Open Sesame” and “Joshua” were both used many times.Īs you have probably figured out by now, using passwords from popular films and folk tales is not part of a good online security strategy. The popularity and history of these passwords lead many people to choose them as their own password. It also happened to be the password used to gain backdoor access to the secure network.

“ Joshua ” was an artificial intelligence construct that controlled a nuclear weapons arsenal in the 1983 film “ WarGames ”. People have been saying “Open Sesame” for 10 centuries. “Open Sesame” was the magical phrase used by Ali Baba to enter the cave where the forty thieves gathered and stored their stolen loot. They are some of the most famous fictional passwords used throughout history. What do “Open Sesame and “Joshua” have in common?