[tman]

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

There is a trade-off here between security and usability. 99% security is good enough for a lot of purposes and has its place.

[infinite8s]

Except that's more like 10% or even 1% security.

[tman]

Oh really? I don't think you know what you mean.

In point of fact, I just sent myself a very important password in clear text. Hack me.

[axod]

The task for a spammer isn't to hack <USERS> account. It's to hack ANY account.

Being able to hack any posterous account is going to be far far easier than trying to hack a particular account.

[infinite8s]

Except that's more like 10% or 1% security.