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Brad Rubenstein “:verified:”<pre><code>Mothers maiden name: 5472615884<br>First car owned: 3656654851<br>Favorite color: 2580548933<br></code></pre><p>They get generated and stored in the password manager, for each account as needed.</p><p>The advantage of ten digit numbers is that they are easy to communicate to a customer service agent over the phone.</p><p>IME, no agent has ever batted an eye. It's not even lying. It's just being clear on the purpose.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@marasawr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marasawr</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Passwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Passwords</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SecretQuestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretQuestions</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Authentication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authentication</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
Will :donor:<p>My habit of using random strings for security questions finally got me with Spectrum the other day.</p><p>Was updating my service address for my backup internet link, and they asked me a security question regarding my "first pet". </p><p>Guy goes "uhhh, so like, can you pronounce this for me?" </p><p>Me: gives it my best try</p><p>Guy: "alright, so like, where'd you get this name?"</p><p>Me, quietly dying inside: "it's uh, security, random instead of something that someone can know"</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/secretquestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secretquestions</span></a></p>
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