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To: x1stcav

You can have the strongest password possible but here’s a warning to all you Facebook (and its peers) fans:

Have you seen those cute chain posts that have a list of seemingly innocent questions like “name your home town,” “your year of graduation,” “favorite color” ...

Innocent fun, right? Well some of those questions and the answers you post can either answer or give a direct clue to the answer of the standard challenge questions used for password resets! So much for that strong password if it can be breached via the “forgot password” link.

Personally, I always set wrong answers to those questions as an added security measure. The trick, though, is remembering what was the wrong answer I gave. :)


11 posted on 12/20/2017 4:02:49 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
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To: NonValueAdded
Have you seen those cute chain posts that have a list of seemingly innocent questions like “name your home town,” “your year of graduation,” “favorite color” ...

When I see one of those posts, I always comment "I see that someone is trolling for security question answers..." Several folks have thanked me for it.

34 posted on 12/20/2017 10:19:56 AM PST by zeugma (I always wear my lucky red shirt on away missions!)
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