Allow all remote connections, MySQL

Question

I had been using SQL Server and am now using MySQL for a project. With SQL Server, our developers can connect to the remote database on their local machines if they know the

Answer 1

GRANT ALL ON *.* to user@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; 

Will allow a specific user to log on from anywhere.

It's bad because it removes some security control, i.e. if an account is compromised.