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And the questions haven't changed in decades. It's pretty simple to figure out things like "name of high school attended", "street you grew up on", "model of f

And the questions haven't changed in decades. It's pretty simple to figure out things like "name of high school attended", "street you grew up on", "model of first car", "mother's maiden name", etc for just about anyone who has a social media account.

koolba 10y ago
Here's a sample of mine: Model of first car? zSuI2LR9DvDYwr04 (drop top!) First city visited? GGSrqPB78tcJ2WB9 (what a trip!) Street you grew up on? 1pAXzzns5owXNYiU (very quiet!) Favorite food? oEW5AQ738bkGf6rj (it's delicious!) High school attended? 3i5OfyNhnWD0bQVy (go Nonces!)
- AnimalMuppet 10y ago
  As my dad pointed out, the answers are passwords. If you restricted passwords to every possible make of car, for example, it would be incredibly weak - too little total entropy in the possible answers. (Love the name of the high school mascot, by the way!)
  - koolba 10y ago
    > As my dad pointed out, the answers are passwords. If you restricted passwords to every possible make of car, for example, it would be incredibly weak - too little total entropy in the possible answers. United Airlines does exactly this and it's hilariously insecure. The secret questions are preselected and the answers must be from their set of answers for each. There's only 8-10 choices for each (ex: Favorite music? pop / jazz / classical / etc). > (Love the name of the high school mascot, by the way!) There 10 types of people. Those that got that joke and ...