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Wait? You mean you answer those questions with real data? My answers to those (when required) always look like this: > “What was the name of your first pet?”

• detaro 10y ago
  You really think if I call in trying to impersonate you and that question comes up the customer service person is going to require me to recite that and not accept "Oh, I just put some random garbage in" as a solution? Something that seems like a realistic answer, but is totally wrong is likely a better choice.
  • numbsafari 10y ago
    That's why I generally use random noise for my actual password, but random sets of 4 - 6 words for security questions. Both generated by 1Password and stored there. At least with a random set of words, they're something you can communicate verbally over the phone.
  • vidarh 10y ago
    I routinely get into my own accounts by saying "oh, I don't remember wat I set that to" for multiple security questions until I get questions I don't need to look up the answers to. It really is scary, in that even my bank will fall back on things that are either easy to obtain or easy to guess, because they clarly have to deal with too many people who either genuinely have no clue, or like me can't be bothered to look up what I've answered. "Telephone banking password? I have no idea what that is. Did I set one? Sorry, can't remember..."
• john_reel 10y ago
  Why that over KeePass?
  • pwg 10y ago
    One reason, because I started using it long ago, and it works for me, so... Second, after looking at KeePass (very briefly), it appears to be .net, and while it 'would' run on Linux, I'd have to install .net for Linux (Mono), and I'm just not going to do that.
    • lemtzas 10y ago
      KeePassX doesn't seem it should require mono. I think it's what I have installed, but I can't check now. https://www.keepassx.org/requirements https://www.keepassx.org/requirements