4 ms·
I do something similar when a site asks for my birthday, i used to pick a random date, but sonce its sometimes used to reset password or asks u to confirm i jus
by bshep 6y ago
I do something similar when a site asks for my birthday, i used to pick a random date, but sonce its sometimes used to reset password or asks u to confirm i just use the first of january of the year i was born so i can make sure i remember what i put.
- wasmitnetzen 6y agoDoesn't that kinda negate the goal of using a fake birth date? After all, they don't really care whether you give your real birth date, it's enough that it is the same on that other website they get your personal information from to correlate.
- KMnO4 6y agoI don’t care if someone leaks my fake DOB in a Dropbox hack and then tries to reset my Netflix password. Websites that use my real DOB are usually linked to my identity, so I’m much more concerned with protecting them from, eg social engineering attacks [0]. [0]: https://gizmodo.com/how-i-lost-my-50-000-twitter-username-1511578384 https://gizmodo.com/how-i-lost-my-50-000-twitter-username-15...
- bshep 6y agoYes this is my thought as well.
- vharuck 6y agoWhen birthdate is tied to an account, I pick a random one and store it alongside the username and password in KeePass. Same as the "security questions"; I make up and store nonsensical answers. E.g. "Q: What was your mother's maiden name?" "A: Blueberry pie."
- wussboy 6y agoI do the same thing but use KeePass’ password generator to create the answers. My mother’s maiden name will be something like “diejdJyt7ejHsud”
- hiq 6y agoI do that as well, but I dread the moment I'll have to call support through no fault of my own and they'll ask me for the answers to some of these questions.
- benlivengood 6y agoI mean, probably anyone could call and start reading off the letters from "correcthorsebatterystaple" and the support tech will go "oh yeah, you're one of those people who thinks they're clever with security; here are all your account details"
- teachtwolearn 6y agoJust say, "it's a jumble of letters and numbers but I lost the USB drive where I stored all that stuff." Most of these systems still use people who have quotas to meet, and can see all of your account details in some sort of admin panel.