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Internet users continue to make things very easy for hackers.  A close inspection of a portion of the 6.5 million leaked LinkedIn passwords proves people keep making foolish password choices.  In fact, the most commonly used phrase in the password set appears to be “link,” according to Boston-based security firm Rapid7, which created a top 30 list for msnbc.com. The list was generated by studying a sample of 160,000 passwords from the 6.5 million that have been released on the Internet. What hacker would ever guess that your LinkedIn password had the work “link” in it? Answer: All of them. Second on the list of most common password phrases: “1234.”  And because LinkedIn required seven-letter passwords, “12345” wasn’t far behind, either, ranking sixth on the list (123456 was 15th.) Rounding out the top 10 were “work,” “god,” “job,” “angel,” “the,” “ilove,” and “sex.” “We are seeing a trend of Internet users trying to use simplistic passphrases on Internet sites,” sa...