Password changes for the sake of it

I just read this article entitled Password changes for the sake of it don’t improve security, says FTC technologist They might even be counterproductive and make security worse! While I’m behind on twitter, I know that articles like this one are important to read. I honestly have never liked the changing of passwords every so often unless I need to. I recently changed one for one of my accounts because I felt it necessary. I had to also send an E-mail to someone else explaining why I changed the password in so many words, but I needed to give it to them securely. I told them I would discuss my reasoning to changing the password over the phone. I didn’t want to do this, but after the recent events of the past while I didn’t really feel that the password could stand time anymore. This is something I weighed over since those events, and last night, I decided it would be in my best interest to change it, so I did do so with a 20 character password, if not 20, at least 12, and it is definitely random. Your thoughts on the article and this subject are welcome.