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In some cases this sharing of passwords has turned out to be rather convenient. Like when you get accused because logs show that you did something wrong, you ha

In some cases this sharing of passwords has turned out to be rather convenient. Like when you get accused because logs show that you did something wrong, you have this "Oh, I don't recall doing that - must have been one of the 15 people who regularly access the systems with my credentials" defense. We had at least one case where police officer played this card after being accused of checking records he had no legitimate reason to check. Especially when facing criminal charges (or public scrutiny), this kind of tricks can actually work. Especially if you manage to show that this was widespread in organization and management has not taken steps to stop this bad practice.

ben_w 9y ago
> Especially when facing criminal charges (or public scrutiny), this kind of tricks can actually work. Alternative: the trick might be using someone else’s credentials because you know they, not you, will take the blame. Without knowledge of the real behaviour of espionage and interfering with foreign governments/other political parties in your own nation/police officers who never take bribes, I would presume there are people who get themselves hired by their opponents specifically to undermine them in this way. Can you imagine how few people would believe a politician protesting their innocence if it was discovered that someone has used that politician’s email account to chat with a 9-year old? Especially if the person sending the emails claimed to be that politician (bonus points if the politician shares their phone as well as their password, they might have selfies nobody else has seen)? When the 9-year old could never be found (because they never really existed, but again imagine how that will go down as an excuse)?