@Pat I thought more of the ramifications of such bad policy. Who acts like this probably does more stupid things.
>" I thought more of the ramifications of such bad policy. Who acts like this probably does more stupid things."
I'm seriously considering moving my business to another company because of this.
@Pat Best of luck with that. In my experience there is what one could call a race to the bottom or, from another angle, quality-fixing (analog to price fixing).
@admitsWrongIfProven
Keying-in the password on the keypad of a phone wouldn't give a listener the exact password because each letter could be one of three, plus upper/lower case, but it would make a brute-force attack a trivial matter.