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The name of my childhood pet was "FVrE9msW9DLBAx". Makes for fun conversations on the phone.
by julianwachholz 7y ago
The name of my childhood pet was "FVrE9msW9DLBAx".
Makes for fun conversations on the phone.
- pvorb 7y agoMine was "78 nails and 7 Greek philosophers", which works a little better on the phone. ;-)
- joshuaissac 7y agoIt is better to pick names with actual words. An attacker can otherwise say that the answer is just a bunch of random characters, and there is a risk that a naïve customer support representative may accept it.
- softawre 7y agoUgh...
- wool_gather 7y agoIn order to deploy this successfully, the attacker would have to know that you used a random string...how would they know this without having access to the string itself?
- coryfklein 7y agoNot necessarily - they're given multiple "tries" so they can just pick "a bunch of random letters" as one of their first few choices in hopes that they guessed correctly.
- peterwwillis 7y agoThat's really the best use for security questions: have fun with customer support. "Pet's name?" "ICUP." "Can you ........ Oh."