I wouldn't the blame the guy. The security teams tend to serve entirely security related goals only, and they don't hesitate to stop all activity, if they are allowed to, to ensure the highest level of security. On the other side, there are people who have goals for productivity and getting work done. They don't hesitate to take the shortest route possible to maximize their productivity. If productivity is not your goal, then security is not my goal.

It's tussle between two counter-acting forces at play. This get's worse when the overarching authority that supervises both departments, has no clue about how to hit a balanced prioritization. For example, security teams rule the financial companies, like mafia bosses. No one, including CEO, can dare to question why so many layer of security is needed.

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ulfbert_inc an hour ago | parent | next [-]

You are presenting a false dilemma (probably unintentionally). While security can be at odds with usability, basic measures like password generation and management are a solved problem. In fact using password manager is more convenient than typing password manually, even 123456 :)

	▲	xandrius 41 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Ha, I don't need to type 123456, it's stored in my navigator's password manager for convenience. Checkmate.

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TehCorwiz 4 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Productivity and Aesthetics could also be said to be counter acting forces. Or really anything that requires contemplation. I think the problem is in how some people define "productive". Is it productive to have significant security problems which cause more work?

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ano-ther an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

With two people in the company, there is not a lot of room for corporate games though.

> According to Denmark’s Central Business Register, Pays ApS had two employees as of July 2026.

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tialaramex an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> It's tussle between two counter-acting forces at play.

It really doesn't have to be, and setting things up as adversarial is counter-productive. Pretending that you're "balancing" two competing alternatives when they may not even be opposed is a problem, it gets you C++ std::span, a type which was standardized to be pointlessly dangerous because hey, surely if it's less safe that will make it faster right? [Morgan Freeman's Voice: But it was not faster]

	▲	tossandthrow an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I would love to hear about a world where security and productivity are not counter acting forces. For a start, most people would certainly be more productive if they hadn't had to authenticate themselves. If you can just create a world for that simple case, then I will rest my case.

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kay_o an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Touch one hardware key for every interaction then, not 123456, the hell?

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tokai an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Just because a task is hard it should never absolve anything. Guy could just have quit if he didn't want the responsibility.

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altmanaltman an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Setting '123456' as a password on any non-trivial system is not "the shortest route possible to maximize their productivity." It would be setting the password as "000000"

	▲	nylonstrung 28 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The guys who are really into keyboard layouts would argue vehemently that 123456 is more ergonomic as it's an "inward roll" vs 6 consecutive presses of a key that aligns to the pinky
	▲	ntoskrnl_exe 39 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I'm not sure, I think it's a little more ergonomical to hit six different keys compared to hitting a single key precisely six times.