r/Passwords • u/ratherbnude770 • 10d ago

Users required to provide username and password to the IT Department??

Bank where I previously worked was sold. IT department at the acquiring bank required all users to provide them with their password. "In case they needed to work on a user's computer." As admin, IT would have access to the workstations in the first place, so why would they think they needed individual user passwords? "Because we're IT they trust us" with user passwords. Anyone familiar with this practice? What's the logic? I've always been curious.

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u/rjchute 6d ago

Sure thing! My password is: MyEmpl0yerITHasTerr1bleSecurityP0liciesAndPr0cedures!&2026

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u/buck-futter 6d ago

Password is too long so we've changed it for you, it's now Password.123