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One hundred percent. I’d be interested to see how many people resort to having weaker passwords just to try to remember the new password every 6 months. I know many folks are proud of their password ‘system’ of using the same word and adding different numbers every time they need to change it. Not helpful.

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If the website gets one of those it works. If they get multiple example of the password systeem in action, how hard would it be to guess elsewhere? You might not even remember that you've used one variation before.

I keep a long list of strong passwords and some 50 pins in my head, at least I think I do.

I know a guy who regularly gets locked out of things. It's a terrifying process. Everything unravels.

What usually happens to me is, I get stuck where whatever service I'm using insists the password must be changed RIGHT NOW before proceeding. There was something I was trying to do. Maybe I don't have a pen, I'm on my phone, whatever, I don't have time for this shit. I need to change it to something I will remember, which is something like "Password1". Maybe I remember to pick a better one later, maybe I don't. Maybe (looking at you, Okta) I can't change the password because I changed it too recently...

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