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Two things to keep in mind: I have had interactions with support in the past where “wait-a-second-it’s-a-long-nonsense-string” was good enough for them and the
by leipert 2y ago
Two things to keep in mind:
I have had interactions with support in the past where “wait-a-second-it’s-a-long-nonsense-string” was good enough for them and they did NOT ask me to read it out.
I also had the interaction with a bank that asked me to read it out, and I was glad that my nonsense string was a list of 8 hyphenated words rather than a barfed up random string.
8henna-Such-Brain-Civil0-Grown5-modified8 is better than gpqmxsc5utowduc8fhqvntsXsgvMDzs0rclsiwzt
- 1659447091 2y agoI use something similar to the hyphenated words now, as well. I use to make up random things like "Error Invalid" answer or missing input until I had to get support on one and the guy started his "I just need to ask you a coup...wait a second....hold on sorry, I'm getting an error, I need to put you on hold" and put me on hold before I could say anything, I waited and jumped in the moment he came back because I felt bad (the support center didn't make the system). He found it funny at least.
- kijin 2y agoIf the support staff can compare what you said with what's on their screen, it's obviously stored in plaintext. And they probably won't even distinguish uppercase from lowercase letters, or 5 from S. So it's a waste of time to insist on a large amount of entropy for these things. Battery horse staple is where it's at. :)
- meowster 2y agoYes, always use a fake but plausible answer. Q) What was your first pet's name? A) Peachtree