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I'm a bit surprised so many people would put real information as answer to their secret question, and I'm surprised a lot of websites offer this alternative to
by pingou 14y ago
I'm a bit surprised so many people would put real information as answer to their secret question, and I'm surprised a lot of websites offer this alternative to log in without knowing the password, it seems like a big security hole to me.
- cyphersanctus 14y agoWell, I remember once needing to use that function to recover a password I had forgotten. If i hadn't put real information as an answer to the question, I'm not sure how I would have been capable of answering it..
- xuki 14y agoI make up a single fake answer for every secret question out there and always use that one.
- cyphersanctus 14y agoHehe do you lose your passwords quite often? Perhaps you could try remembering Them..
- xuki 14y agoNo I don't but just in case. The point is to have something secret that only you know and other people can't google or guess it (dob, first school, etc..)
- cyphersanctus 14y agoIll start doing that. Just in case.
- disgruntledphd2 14y agoI like obscure spiritual questions and answers myself. And now that I've said this on a public forum (a little googling is all it takes to identify me) I will have to change it to something more obscure...
- nitrogen 14y agoThis will not help you if a si8te storing your secret answer in plain text is hacked (most likely setup if a phone call can reset your password). Then the attacker will have your secret answer for every site you use.
- caseysoftware 14y agoI used to make up answers.. and was bit by not knowing. Now I associate a friend I grew up with the site and fill it out as if I was them. Now I can say "ING -> Mike" and I know which Mike and what their info is but it doesn't mean anything to anyone else.