No, not at all. Until a few months ago, Instapaper didn't require users to set a password -- you could (and originally were encouraged to) use it without a pass

No, not at all. Until a few months ago, Instapaper didn't require users to set a password -- you could (and originally were encouraged to) use it without a password at all. This makes a lot of sense. If more sites storing non-critical data did this we'd have far less password fatigue and people more wary about what they trust to such sites. Just now they see their "password1" as impenetrable security when they might as well have no password at all. Not having a password has a similar psychological effect as showing the password field in plain text, I think.