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Are Passwords Really THAT Big of a Deal? And Some Thoughts on Phone Usage

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 I'm no technological expert (except for recording and live sound, things like that, then I am), but even in this modern world, there comes a point where you have to combine being safe with making things accessible to the average Joe.   I understand having a good password to log in to different things such as your email account or your Facebook or Instagram. What frustrates me is how websites are increasingly making it difficult to make a decent password you can remember, and sometimes now requiring special characters such as these: !%^&*.  Often it may take one several times, and the computer rejecting your making up a password for the fifth or sixth time, and inside you are screaming, "I'm just trying to make up a password for this simple email account. Why?" I would understand if this is required for your bank account, but in instances such as a simple, recreational website or regular email account, this is going too far. I just want to enter the username and a