The post whore thread.

Is this one of those social media tricks like, "If your Social Security number was your bank account, post how much money you'd have!"

I feel like both of those answers are security questions for various financial institutions.

I guaranty right now, that I could create an Ad-lib paragraph, and for each blank put a suggestion of security phrases (mother's maiden name, city you met your spouse, youngest siblings name, etc) and people would fill that out without hesitation.



******I know that this first street + first pet = stripper name is an old thing and was before security questions.********

If I had a Facebook troll account though, I'd totally do that Adlib thing.

Remedial passcodes are a no no. I'm very thorough & always have been.

Max Vickers -- I never use real answers for "feel good security"

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Originally Posted by foxtrot

I HATE those security questions, because 99.9% of the ones they force selection of are genealogy based and could be answered relatively easy with the right subscriptions, like to basic ancestry.com, and to anyone who knows you (Ahem, which would be the biggest risk of account compromise for a lot of people) will probably know that shit to beging with. Then, the rest are inapplicable to the vast majority of people. Some of the most unoriginal fek wits that came up with that shit. As for the rest, a lot of phone reps can be manipulated into telling/hinting you just about anything, which will provide the answers for everything else. I like "create your own question" versions, or at least ones that step beyond genealogy with some originality, e.g. "What is the nickname of a favorite childhood stuffed animal" or "What OCD thing do you secretly do?" etc. etc. coupled with pattern matching to accept "close" answers, because often consistency is an issue.

The existing systems are mere security theater in most software providers/websites, and might even make things less secure in some cases.

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You don't have to answer them honestly, just consistently. So if they ask you for the city of your birth (for example), say Kathmandu instead of where you were really born. Just remember your lies.

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Originally Posted by foxtrot

I HATE those security questions, because 99.9% of the ones they force selection of are genealogy based and could be answered relatively easy with the right subscriptions, like to basic ancestry.com, and to anyone who knows you (Ahem, which would be the biggest risk of account compromise for a lot of people) will probably know that shit to beging with. Then, the rest are inapplicable to the vast majority of people. Some of the most unoriginal fek wits that came up with that shit. As for the rest, a lot of phone reps can be manipulated into telling/hinting you just about anything, which will provide the answers for everything else. I like "create your own question" versions, or at least ones that step beyond genealogy with some originality, e.g. "What is the nickname of a favorite childhood stuffed animal" or "What OCD thing do you secretly do?" etc. etc. coupled with pattern matching to accept "close" answers, because often consistency is an issue.

The existing systems are mere security theater in most software providers/websites, and might even make things less secure in some cases.

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Originally Posted by Zundfolge

You don't have to answer them honestly, just consistently. So if they ask you for the city of your birth (for example), say Kathmandu instead of where you were really born. Just remember your lies.

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I used to use just my general password for all the answer to those security questions for all questions, all sites. Made it super easy and avoided the personal knowledge stuff. But those days are long gone and you can't use the same answer anymore.

Yeah, I've had them okay me on passcodes for accounts that aren't mine more than once.

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Originally Posted by Zundfolge

You don't have to answer them honestly, just consistently. So if they ask you for the city of your birth (for example), say Kathmandu instead of where you were really born. Just remember your lies.

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I set all mine to 12345678! never an issue forgetting them, ever.


Or was that 24681012?