[Informatics] Security - The stupidity of your mother's maiden name as an identity verifier

[Mark]

If you think about it, the security question - such as mother's maiden
name, the street in which you grew up, or your favourite sports team - is
the least secure form of online identity proof since most of the
information is publicly-available, and never changes (unless you
retroactively fire your mother).

Many people now want security questions put to death.

Until then, if you have to provide answers to such questions, just lie your
head off.
Henceforth, my mother is Fluffy Yum Yum, and my first cat is Nancy Thomas.

https://www.wired.com/2016/09/time-kill-security-questions-answer-lies/

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Mark Kelly

mark at vceit.com
http://vceit.com
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