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These are so called "security questions" for that account; the great grandparent is talking about "knowledge-based authentication," which is a different thing e
by astura 8y ago
These are so called "security questions" for that account; the great grandparent is talking about "knowledge-based authentication," which is a different thing entirely.
The "security questions" you choose your answers, in "knowledge-based authentication" the questions and answers are generated based on the information on your credit reports and other databases, such as insurance databases. You don't make up answers, they already know the answers.
- voxic11 8y ago> Static KBA, also referred to as "shared secrets" or "shared secret questions", is commonly used by banks, financial services companies and e-mail providers to prove the identity of the customer before allowing account access or, as a fall-back, if the user forgets their password. Wikipedia refers to "security questions" as "Static KBA".