I didn’t like the White Sands system. I couldn’t remember computer-generated passwords, so I’d write them in my wallet or next to my terminal. Much better to allow people to choose their own passwords. Sure, some people would pick guessable passwords, like their names. But at least they wouldn’t complain about having to memorize some nonsense word like “tremvonk,” and they wouldn’t write them down. But the hacker got into my system and was rebuffed at White Sands. Maybe random passwords, obnoxious and dissonant, are more secure. I don’t know.
