Security Question
Security Question
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Someone tell Bones that you can lie on security questions
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Bones would never lie - he's a good boy, yes he is:-).
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Can and absolutely do. Pet is my standard security question and it's just a standardized password I use only on that field.
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Soβ¦. Am I the only person that generates a random password as an βanswerβ?
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There are at least two of us
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On phone: okay Sir, we need at least the name of your favourite dog for verification!
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Bones. I'm sorry but you weren't my first dog. My first dog will forever be the answer when it comes to security questions. It's convenient. But you're really my favorite. I love you bones.
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Don't use real answers. "Security" questions have the same 'authority' as passwords (they can be used to change your password), but are often not treated with the same level of care as actual passwords.
Meaning, SQ are often easier for a hacker to figure out and exploit. In that event, SQs are actually worse than passwords, because they're "unchangeable" (well, the real answer is). So if an SQ answer gets compromised, you're SOL
The best option is to use a password manager, and randomly generate passwords and SQ answers (i use 1Password, but there are other good options)
Edit: oh and, if you use real answers, then those are more likely to be publicly searchable on Facebook or socially engineered (like a "which dog are you" quiz)
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Plot twist: Bones' official full name is actually "James Bones", but he doesn't know.
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All y'all acting like Bones is a good boy who deserves to be the favorite when he is clearly being a BAD BOY.
Maybe trying to hack his best friend's account is why he isn't the favorite!
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The correct answer was not BONES but possibly Bones or bones. Try again Bones!
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Gonna get a bit pedantic and point out that the question actually asks the name of FIRST pet, not FAVORITE.
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The dog's real name is "Sir Reginald Bonington, esq." but their owner always just called them "Bones."
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To Bones. You are a good boy. You also added a space after the "S". It's still you.
Oh whew. I needed to see this because this comic had me surprisingly agitated.
Curious, agitated that it wasn't Bones or the space?
I immediately saw that do to how many times I have copy/pasted into text fields and they error out. What do you mean my routing number is invalid!