• Emerald@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    For real though, security questions suck. Either someone who knows you has the answers which is insecure. Or you forget them. I just put my password in for all the security questions. My mother’s maiden name was definetly “ahsh555[51´,5%8”.

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      6 months ago

      The first time I saw security questions start becoming a thing in the late 90s, I’d been online for about 5 years and had gone from a kid with decent tech skills to a skeptical teenager with decent tech skills. When I started seeing all these questions to answer while signing up for an account it set off the warning bells, so however many accounts I set up at the time have completely unguessable recovery answers.

      Although one time I think I did guess my forgotten answer to “who was you first kiss?” as “your mom told me not to tell”.

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        lol, I do similar, I stole from the old spy movies. “What is your mothers maiden name? A: The crow flies at midnight” Total nonsensical answers to the questions

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      It’s so so so stupid. And if you’re not married and don’t have a pet, I guess you can go fuck yourself.

      I had one that was something like “what did you wish your nickname was when you were 10?”

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        I had one that was something like “what did you wish your nickname was when you were 10?”

        Duh! Sparkle Bright Rainbow Harbinger Sea Squirrel.

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        For me, I use stable related answers that are not quite accurate… So for example “first pet’s name”. I’ve never had a pet, and so I instead use the name of my favorite childhood stuffed animal.

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      Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of the questions though, if you were to forget your password? I answer with nonsense too, just keep it in my password manager or write it down somewhere.

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      6 months ago

      And what is your dog’s name then ? Just asking for a friend who needs to secure his account