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Secret questions are horrible when they're predefined, and what's worse is when the options are also predefined (e.g. United Airline's website). However a secr

by et-al 10y ago

Secret questions are horrible when they're predefined, and what's worse is when the options are also predefined (e.g. United Airline's website). However a secret question like "who did you have a crush on back in 5th grade" is limited to maybe 10 people the world who know and I'm comfortable with that (of course this changes with the over-publicising of our lives on social media). But I'm digressing and agree TOTOP 2FA is great for the masses. Just be sure to have the backup codes stored in a safe space.

pbhjpbhj 10y ago
>However a secret question like "who did you have a crush on back in 5th grade" is limited to maybe 10 people the world // Who quite possibly can be established from either your Facebook or your friends' Facebook (eg you have your friends list set private but a friend who posts on your wall doesn't). Taking the "I had a crush on 'snail-fridge-running-spectrum'" line reduces the number who know the answer to on average less than 1(!).