While uncommon, it's not ridiculous. A site could, for example, decide to generate a user's password rather than allow them to provide their own, thus guarante

While uncommon, it's not ridiculous. A site could, for example, decide to generate a user's password rather than allow them to provide their own, thus guaranteeing it be long, random, and unique. However, it's still not a good idea to store such passwords in plaintext.