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And how does that affect her ability to do things like get a password reset? My wife used to do a little of that, though not to the extent of your mother. (Most

by vitd 12y ago

And how does that affect her ability to do things like get a password reset? My wife used to do a little of that, though not to the extent of your mother. (Mostly just putting in that she was 120 years old on forms with ages, and stuff.) At one point, she lost the password to an account, and to reset it, she had to enter the fake data she had supplied to get it back. She was never able to remember which years she had chosen for which account. Luckily, it wasn't for anything too important. Also, are there any legal implications to doing something like that? It's probably fine for signing up to a web site, but does she do that on things like auto loans or mortgages? Has it ever been a problem? I like the idea, it just seems like it's inviting trouble.

pessimizer 12y ago
>And how does that affect her ability to do things like get a password reset? A lot of this was Before Internet, so you were usually speaking to a person when dealing with the account. >It's probably fine for signing up to a web site, but does she do that on things like auto loans or mortgages? I'm not sure if she's ever obfuscated there, but I have no idea. My solution has been to not use credit thus far in life. At this point, I have 5x the savings I would qualify for as a credit limit anyway, so I guess I've grown into my lack of credit cards over time. I've also paid in full for transportation until lately, where I now structure a secured passbook-style loan through my credit union to build up a fake credit history. I can't help that my credit union knows me, which puts me on a few lists by itself, but they'd be who I would be getting a home or auto loan from at this point. You can't really get away without changing your name and your country. All you can do is thwart a bunch of machines that don't actually care if they can't resolve the identities of a few people.

by vitd 12y ago

pessimizer 12y ago

>And how does that affect her ability to do things like get a password reset? A lot of this was Before Internet, so you were usually speaking to a person when dealing with the account. >It's probably fine for signing up to a web site, but does she do that on things like auto loans or mortgages? I'm not sure if she's ever obfuscated there, but I have no idea. My solution has been to not use credit thus far in life. At this point, I have 5x the savings I would qualify for as a credit limit anyway, so I guess I've grown into my lack of credit cards over time. I've also paid in full for transportation until lately, where I now structure a secured passbook-style loan through my credit union to build up a fake credit history. I can't help that my credit union knows me, which puts me on a few lists by itself, but they'd be who I would be getting a home or auto loan from at this point. You can't really get away without changing your name and your country. All you can do is thwart a bunch of machines that don't actually care if they can't resolve the identities of a few people.