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Practice good online password security
- DabAsteroid 18y agoThe "problem" they discuss is the secret-question routine used for hinting when users forget their passwords. However, for the secret-question problem to be relevant, users must first break the first rule of password security which is: Never commit a password to memory. Always write it down.
- dhimes 18y agoHe's making it way too complicated. For your "secret question," you should never actually answer the question. For instance: First school: Neptune First Car Neptune and so on. They only check that the answer agrees with what you said it was when you set up the account. They don't actually check to see that it is true. A lot of people don't get this. In effect, it is simply a second password; a backup, if you will.