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Google: Security questions aren't secure

3 pointsby gjmulholalmost 10 years ago

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coreyp_1almost 10 years ago
I detest security questions. One time, a bank had a set of 8 security questions that I was supposed to choose from to be my security question. The problem was that none of them applied to me in a singular way.<p>* What street did I grow up on? Several of them, thank you for reminding me of my transient childhood. * Who was your childhood hero? I didn&#x27;t have one. It never occurred to me to have one. * Some random genealogy question? Thanks for reminding me of my lack of familial knowledge * What was your first vehicle? I have no idea, because we went through several and I&#x27;m not a &quot;car guy&quot;. * Name of your childhood best friend? That depends on where I was living and what portion of my childhood that you are talking about. * Favorite song? Don&#x27;t have one. * Favorite food? I&#x27;m fat. I have a lot of them. * Democrat or Republican? Are you doing data mining on my answers?
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gjmulholalmost 10 years ago
Totally agree. Also, if someone asked me &quot;What street did you grow up on?&quot; or &quot;What was your first pet&#x27;s name?&quot; I would probably just answer it. Neither of those are terribly threatening on the face of it.