[_susanoo]

I'm not sure how requiring a minimum password length of 1 character solves anything. Just tried it out and apparently 'a' is an acceptable password.

The article hammers on accessiblity over security and I think you've taken this too far. A minimum password length of 8 is not a 'strange requirement'.

[diminoten]

Password requirements don't really protect the business, they protect the user, and if the user isn't interested in protecting their data, why should the company force them to care?

[wpietri]

Yeah, I just don't see the risk here. I don't keep my old magazines in a safe. They go under the coffee table, and then they go outside to the recycling bin.

[sjs]

In some countries what you read may be sensitive info for many people.

[wpietri]

In which case, I'm thinking people in those countries know enough to set a password.