Abduct me? Or yourself? Yeah, I can forge Mum's signature. Not so good at yours, Marj, and I know there are several questions here where I would just be guessing.
Charles says there have been internet studies showing that these questions are horribly broken and are by far the easiest way to hack into an account. As a result, he has "pretend" answers for all the questions they could possibly ask. Unfortunately, he can't remember his pretend answers, so he often locks himself out of things. That and the fact that he can't remember how to spell his mother's actual maiden name.
I tend to do something similar - I don't list my ACTUAL last school attended, or my ACTUAL first pet. I list *a* school attended and *a* pet, which is still insecure.
I had to phone the bank to reset my credentials recently (because I unexpectedly logged in from work, and it wasn't the IP address they were used to, so they flagged me as possibly-hacked... not sure whether I appreciate the overzealousness or if I just find it irritating). When she asked me for a memorable date, she was taken aback that the date wasn't within my lifetime. What's the point of having a memorable date if you can probably guess two, maybe three digits of the year?
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Charles says there have been internet studies showing that these questions are horribly broken and are by far the easiest way to hack into an account. As a result, he has "pretend" answers for all the questions they could possibly ask. Unfortunately, he can't remember his pretend answers, so he often locks himself out of things. That and the fact that he can't remember how to spell his mother's actual maiden name.
I tend to do something similar - I don't list my ACTUAL last school attended, or my ACTUAL first pet. I list *a* school attended and *a* pet, which is still insecure.
I had to phone the bank to reset my credentials recently (because I unexpectedly logged in from work, and it wasn't the IP address they were used to, so they flagged me as possibly-hacked... not sure whether I appreciate the overzealousness or if I just find it irritating). When she asked me for a memorable date, she was taken aback that the date wasn't within my lifetime. What's the point of having a memorable date if you can probably guess two, maybe three digits of the year?