In the 80's, my high school buddy Pob and I used to spend hours, days and weeks getting to know our school's computer network. We were asked to leave our grade 9 class and help teach computer science to the grade 10 students, and similarly help the grade 11 folks when we were in grade 10. For security purposes, our teacher used a longer password (stationwagon) than the lowest scoring student (bird).
Instead of punishing kids who realize at such a young age that people use such obvious passwords, its time to educate them so they get a chance at being the next information security guru. When they're ready, we need them.
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