I'd rather just have less stupid passwords to begin with. Why do most stores require an account for me to place an order? Not for my security. [...] most "socia

I'd rather just have less stupid passwords to begin with. Why do most stores require an account for me to place an order? Not for my security. [...] most "social" sites require accounts. Mostly not for my security. True, that. It seems many sites insist on user accounts more for their benefit than yours - they want your email address so they can nag you towards their "funnels" for further profit opportunities, along with whatever personal and/or demographic information they can scrounge for their analytics, etc. They require you to make an account, not for your security, but merely as a premise to part you with your juicy monetisable data.