Change the clock, change the passwords

I can't understand how people use birthdates, pet names, children's names and so on as passwords on accounts which matter. Sure, I use a pet's name on some anonymous technical forums I've had to sign in for where I don't use my real name ayway but such passwords can be broken in minutes on email and web access. And how many of you are still using the initial password given by a financial advisor, share broker etc and which could have even been sent to you originally in an open email. And then there are people who'd get a shock if they opened their security dialog in a common web browser to discover that a couple of clicks away are all their passwords in plain view if they've chosen to let the computer remember it -- and therefore in plain view to anyone who ever has access to your computer. We have a common promotion here that when you change the daylight savings time settings on your clocks is the time to change the battery in your smoke alarms. I'd add that twice a year, when the clocks change, is also the time to change all your passwords.