The problem with today's society is that a single moronic statement can be perpetuated so quickly across the world via the internet that it becomes gospel. Take for example this beauty:

And a popular password-cracking tool available on the Internet was upgraded so it could decrypt up to 55-character passwords - so what protection do we really have?
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She is referring to Hashcat, who decided to add support for cracking passwords up to 55 characters in length in their GPU engine. What was NOT stated, is that

There has been much talk about Chrome's way of storing passwords for web forms.

Some people argue both sides. I have my personal opinion on the matter though. And it is not very complicated.

Security is not an on/off switch. Security is not an all or nothing concept. It consists of layers, with varying degrees of importance. Just as the threat is not a singular black/white threat - it is a large grey scale of potential attack vectors.

I just rescued this little guy from the vicious claws of my Bengal cat. This is the second time a hummingbird flew into my house. It sat in my hand for almost two minutes before flying off like a little rocket - just enough to snap a photo with my iPhone 4S. Unfortunately I had to use my left hand to take the photo, so it is not the best shot.