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Re: gmail security is a joke
From: Peter Beckman <beckman () angryox com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 10:35:17 -0400
I use completely random strings for security questions. The company doesn't care what my answer is, so instead of knowing that my favorite sports team is [REDACTED] they can see that it is "WheF7?ydk/cBG8MgZf7w" Go WheF7?ydk/cBG8MgZf7w! I store all of the security questions in my password manager (1Password), and though annoying if prompted for them often, my account is more secure as a result. It's also a lot of fun when you call in and they ask you the answer to your security question. Just because someone asks you a question it does not require you to give an answer they expect. (Or any answer) Beckman On Fri, 29 May 2015, Joe Abley wrote:
That's what I should do. Instead, I pull down the list of candidate questions and think to myself...On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 03:13:37PM -0400, William Herrin wrote:My first dog's name was a random and unpronounceable 30-character string.- I didn't go to a high school - I don't understand this other high school reference - I don't watch sports - I don't have a favourite sports team- I wonder vaguely whether that question actually had anything to do with sports- I don't have a favourite pet - I don't know my grandmother's middle name, and never did - I don't have a favourite colour - I've never owned a dog - Are pets ever really owned? - Doesn't that speak to the denegration of others based on species? - Aren't we against that? and around this point, I start to think - I've had enough of this - this is too hard - I don't even remember what I am signing up for at this point - I am going to look for amusing cats on youtube
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- Re: gmail security is a joke Saku Ytti (May 27)
- Re: gmail security is a joke Joel Maslak (May 27)
- Re: gmail security is a joke Rafael Possamai (May 27)
- Re: gmail security is a joke Jimmy Hess (May 29)
- Re: gmail security is a joke Valdis . Kletnieks (May 27)
- Re: gmail security is a joke Octavio Alvarez (May 28)
- Re: gmail security is a joke Blair Trosper (May 28)
- Re: gmail security is a joke William Herrin (May 28)
- Re: gmail security is a joke Rich Kulawiec (May 28)
- Re: gmail security is a joke Joe Abley (May 28)
- Re: gmail security is a joke Peter Beckman (May 29)
- Re: gmail security is a joke Richo Healey (May 29)
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- Re: gmail security is a joke Jimmy Hess (May 29)
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