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Realistically, that is not possible. Whether it is a colleague, or contractor, there are no sound use cases when it should be done: ever! That said, many employees continue to share passwords in times of emergency, to delegate tasks, or to overcome issues in planning with sick leave and vacation being two common culprits.
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Haber, M.J., Hibbert, B. (2018). Shared User Credentials. In: Privileged Attack Vectors. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3048-0_2
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