Three years ago, the USPS was getting pounded by the password problem.

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For example, if someone from "IT support" calls you and asks for your password so they can help fix your problem, how do you know they haven't called everyone else in the building first until they found you who has really got a problem?

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And you are probably aware that if a user follows the recommended rules for creating a strong password, this would not have been such a big problem?

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But the other problem with online shopping is that virtually every site asks you to use a password.

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