It's true. About five years ago my bank upgraded their systems and, no kidding, set everyone's password to their login name as part of the transition. When I

It's true. About five years ago my bank upgraded their systems and, no kidding, set everyone's password to their login name as part of the transition. When I called them on it, they stonewalled me and repeatedly claimed that I was being unreasonable, and as far as I know never fixed it, and fearing something like the OP I never pushed it. (I closed my account and switched banks.) Edit: My summary of that saga, posted at the time: http://www.blahedo.org/blog/archives/000836.html http://www.blahedo.org/blog/archives/000836.html