Of course, but I'm talking about the opposite way - after all his strongest password was his Gmail password.
Some comments here seem to imply that having a strong Gmail password and having a weak Twitter (or whatever) password will somehow make it easier for a hacker to get into your other accounts. It all hangs around that word "linked" that I don't quite understand. But I see from other comments that the story is that the offenders went through Amazon to get someone's Apple password. That makes sense after reading the full story.
His weakest password was on his Apple account, which was his 'backup' email for his Gmail account. That link effectively made his 19 character Gmail password a moot point.
Some comments here seem to imply that having a strong Gmail password and having a weak Twitter (or whatever) password will somehow make it easier for a hacker to get into your other accounts. It all hangs around that word "linked" that I don't quite understand. But I see from other comments that the story is that the offenders went through Amazon to get someone's Apple password. That makes sense after reading the full story.