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Except OP just admitted to using this scheme on a public forum, so they are now essentially compromised. It's security through obscurity, with a bonus that the
by nothrabannosir 7y ago
Except OP just admitted to using this scheme on a public forum, so they are now essentially compromised.
It's security through obscurity, with a bonus that the people who use this technique can't seem to keep quiet about it so it's not even obscurity.
- nimblegorilla 7y agoSecurity questions aren't really that secure anyway. A "real" hacker could just pretend to be helping out a friend after a debilitating accident and ask for everything to be reset.
- ggggtez 7y agoExactly, or the "crying baby/stressed out parent" example that made the rounds a few years ago. Hackers don't need to monitor every public comment you make, just trick 1 minimum wage call center worker for 5 minutes.
- worldsayshi 7y agoThe answer could be: "Don't allow answering anything but this exact sequence of words: " then followed by a string of words.
- paulryanrogers 7y agoPerhaps we need a reset contact whom they can call to confirm with a real human.
- freeflight 7y agoLike with nearly any topic on HN, an xkcd comic [0] comes to mind. [0] https://xkcd.com/2176/ https://xkcd.com/2176/