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Remember that your answer to that need not necessarily be accurate. You can invent a 'security city' perhaps and always give that... or just give a randomly gen
by bcraven 5y ago
Remember that your answer to that need not necessarily be accurate. You can invent a 'security city' perhaps and always give that... or just give a randomly generated password that you store alongside in your password locker.
- OJFord 5y agoAnd if you use a long pseudo-randomly generating string, you will amuse support (and annoy yourself) when you have to read it all out... (Switched to correct-horse-battery-staple style for those after that.)
- InitialLastName 5y agoSupport Operator: We need to answer some security questions. To start with, what was your mother's maiden name? Scammer: "Oh, I just entered a long stream of random digits, but I can't find where I wrote it down" Operator: "Good enough. How large a credit line did you say you wanted?"
- OJFord 5y agoWhat happened in my case (password reset for the online account for a credit card) was rather: Operator: ... (Real) me: Err.. all of it? [hoping p,q,r-th characters will be enough] Operator: Yes please.
- staticassertion 5y agoFWIW, having gone through support with Vanguard, they didn't even acknowledge that they were random strings when I said they would be. They seemed well trained, at least the one I spoke with.
- staticassertion 5y agoI use a random string and store it in a password manager per-site.