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Remember, kids, that pet’s names are often used for passwords. Don’t share sensitive information.
That's on them then. Password managers are free and have been around for a while, no excuses using personal information in a password anymore.
It takes trust to give all your password to a piece of software. With all the leaks on the news can you blame them? For people with multiple devices an offline password manager is unwieldy. And self-hosting an online password manager is beyond the capabilities of most.
Oh for sure, I see your point. I would still trust managers over using (most likely) same insecure personal info passwords for every web account.