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October 6th, 2014 04:00
Why NOT to answer "security questions" with correct information
http://billpstudios.blogspot.com/2014/10/your-email-password-is-target.html
The only caveat: If you follow BillP's advice to use made-up answers, you'll have to keep track of the phony answers, for whenever you'll be asked to supply them for verification.
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October 6th, 2014 12:00
An interesting link, ky.
I have enough trouble remembering real passwords and confirming security info, much less false data.
The only website I use that requires secondary security confirmation is my bank, and I use a password that includes a combination of more than 10 characters, including a combination of text, numbers, and non-text symbols. Something along the lines of "wh2dcMaDatwb#" generated from the first characters of an easily remembered phrase (we had 2 dogs called Max and Dolly and they were beagles#) involving my past. Obviously, this is not my password, but you get the idea.
My secondary security info asks one of several questions, that would be obscure. Nothing as obvious as my mother's maiden name. More likely something like "Dad" (my Dad's nickname as a child), or "car" (my firsts car's model), or "coach" (the first name of my high school coach). Stuff that only I would know, and does not exist on the internet. This secondary info is real, but from my point of view, not easily hacked.