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I can't reply to the sister comment for some reason, so I'll piggyback on the parent. I always fill these with awkward or absurd questions/anwers that would be
by ymse 10y ago
I can't reply to the sister comment for some reason, so I'll piggyback on the parent.
I always fill these with awkward or absurd questions/anwers that would be amusing if a human operator ever needs to verify them. E.g.
Would you like to go on a date with me?
What color pants am I wearing?
What is the square root of insanity?
Obviously you need to store these in a password database in order to remember them, which kind of defeats the purpose. If I have to choose from predefined questions, it goes along these lines.
Q: What was your mothers maiden name?
A: Why, are you stalking her?
Q: Where were you born?
A: Oh I can't remember, it's been so long!
- uxp 10y agoI've just started filling them with randomly generated strings that my password manager helpfully creates for me. Though, apparently my bank uses those answers for phone verification also, which makes answering questions like "What's your Significant Other's nickname?" awkward when the answer is "F9-#g7a2<qj"
- raverbashing 10y agoUse a random but user friendly value #$%&+@ is going to be hard to type or speak, just say their nickname is "the frozen one", same entropy, easier to handle
- kbenson 10y ago>> What's your Significant Other's nickname? > Use a random but user friendly value > "the frozen one" I imagine that may make make your significant other who was previously friendly, markedly less so, if they see your "friendly value". But that may have been your point, as it may be quite a bit easier to remember. :)
- raverbashing 10y agoMy point is to use a term that is easier to type and speak rather than just a sequence of symbols. Or just modify the "right" answer in a quirky way. But yeah, what you said might happen.
- proactivesvcs 10y agoI do the same, but Correct Horse Battery Staple them.
- abrookewood 10y agoYep, that's the way to do it - just ignore the questions competely and let your password manager handle it.
- erichurkman 10y agoError: Security question answer cannot contain special characters: !@#$%^&*()'; Error: Security question answer cannot be more than 10 characters long. Error: Security question answer must be one word. Error: Security question answer must be unique. Error: Security question error. Please try again.