Secret questions
Mar. 16th, 2012 03:53 pmI just set up an an account on the website for one of our utilities, so I had my password program generate a nice strong password for the site.
Then it asked me to answer one of the following "secret questions," which can be used to reset my password if I forget it.
I hate these things. Half of them ask for things like your hometown and your mother's maiden name, either of which could be easily gleaned from my Facebook account.
Here are the questions this site asked. It made me curious: how many of them can you answer ABOUT ME? I feel like there are a lot of people out there who could answer some of these questions correctly.
Then it asked me to answer one of the following "secret questions," which can be used to reset my password if I forget it.
I hate these things. Half of them ask for things like your hometown and your mother's maiden name, either of which could be easily gleaned from my Facebook account.
Here are the questions this site asked. It made me curious: how many of them can you answer ABOUT ME? I feel like there are a lot of people out there who could answer some of these questions correctly.
- Where is your favorite vacation spot?
- What is the name of your first pet?
- What is the last name of your best friend?
- What is the title of your favorite book?
- What is the name of your first school?
- What is your favorite food?