Randal Schwartz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_L._Schwartz) got slammed with 3 felony charges (since revoked) for doing that favor for Intel. An Intel VP with a ridiculously weak password was unamused. It's one thing to badger your employees, quite another to post old passwords in the clear in a public forum. Those old passwords may turn up in unexpected places, or reveal information that the user would prefer not to be made public now. (Shame on Ken for liking chess :-). Bad idea, and off-topic.