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<blockquote data-quote="bazang" data-source="post: 1104681" data-attributes="member: 114717">It all depends upon what is on a device, how valuable what is on that device is to a person or entity, and the risk that a device will be lost or stolen, and then end up in the hands that have the skills and resources to attempt to determine the login password.Most people are going to say &quot;I don&#039;t have anything of real value on the device.&quot; In that case, they don&#039;t even need a login password. The choice is theirs.People who are attracted to places such as MT, have a proclivity to be paranoid and protect their systems like they possess the world&#039;s nuclear launch codes. Are their actions proportionate to the risks? Nope.When it comes to Windows login passwords my immediate question is &quot;Why are you not logging on using a PIN or Windows Hello?&quot;I also remind people from first world nations that their understanding of IT security and device handling practices is very different in second and third world nations. It is not at all unusual to have a device passed-around and used by many people in some parts of the world. I bet they either all use the same password &amp; account or use no login password at all.However, in the commercial and government industry sections, using low-quality security measures such as short passwords is fertile territory for regulatory, civil and criminal negative consequences. This is what I was referring to regarding password standards and practices.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bazang, post: 1104681, member: 114717"] It all depends upon what is on a device, how valuable what is on that device is to a person or entity, and the risk that a device will be lost or stolen, and then end up in the hands that have the skills and resources to attempt to determine the login password. Most people are going to say "I don't have anything of real value on the device." In that case, they don't even need a login password. The choice is theirs. People who are attracted to places such as MT, have a proclivity to be paranoid and protect their systems like they possess the world's nuclear launch codes. Are their actions proportionate to the risks? Nope. When it comes to Windows login passwords my immediate question is "Why are you not logging on using a PIN or Windows Hello?" I also remind people from first world nations that their understanding of IT security and device handling practices is very different in second and third world nations. It is not at all unusual to have a device passed-around and used by many people in some parts of the world. I bet they either all use the same password & account or use no login password at all. However, in the commercial and government industry sections, using low-quality security measures such as short passwords is fertile territory for regulatory, civil and criminal negative consequences. This is what I was referring to regarding password standards and practices. [/QUOTE]

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