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Man I hate those security questions with a passion. They are super weakly protected backdoors into your account. Here's how I deal with sites that require them
by bbotond 10y ago
Man I hate those security questions with a passion. They are super weakly protected backdoors into your account.
Here's how I deal with sites that require them:
site: "What is your first teacher's name?"
me: "'Fx|<n8K@W8#[_,[ (1p)jqPC"
The answer is a password equivalent, so I just treat it like a password.
- Tepix 10y agoDoesn't work with United MileagePlus accounts, they only allow multiple choice answers!
- bbotond 10y agoThat's just appalling.
- dtemp 10y agoYep. I believe when I created my account, I picked ones that were definitely not real answers, ie. "What's your favorite sport?" answer "lawn darts".
- sshanky 10y agoJust give the wrong answer and keep track in your password tracker. At least social engineers can't figure that out.
- simbalion 10y agoContact their tech group and then contact their CEO and show them this article. :)
- Vexs 10y agoSomeone pointed out that if you talk to a CS rep and try to say that off, they'd just hear gibberish- meaning if someone tried to get at your stuff, they would just have to spout off gibberish and the CS rep would probably accept it.
- jandrese 10y agoIf you can do this, it seems weird you would ever need to contact support for help. If you can keep the security answers safe why can't you keep the original password safe in the same place? Or is this for when the account is locked for some random reason?