On some systems the passwords were randomly generated, others had ranges of what they wanted to make a 'good password' that were not good enough for other systems, and so on.
My point was that setting them all the same is better for security, since people do not need to write them down, but it was impossible to use the same password on all systems.
I am always amazed at security people who argue you should use a completely different password for every machine you use. Assuming no "password vaults", I wonder if they have REALLY thought how many passwords just the average web surfer would need to remember.
Re: even people who know better ...
...or just sets all their passwords to the same one anyway. that's what I do.
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My point was that setting them all the same is better for security, since people do not need to write them down, but it was impossible to use the same password on all systems.
I am always amazed at security people who argue you should use a completely different password for every machine you use. Assuming no "password vaults", I wonder if they have REALLY thought how many passwords just the average web surfer would need to remember.