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In reply to the discussion: Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore [View all]Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)4. A chunk of my own security is about screwing up the password reset questions
If I get to pick the questions I can be pretty creative with the challenge and response; if I can't (and the password in question is important), then the answers are outright lies. A properly robust password, some care taken on those, and enough awareness not to blunder into phishing sites and the like is good enough for just about anything, even if a really truly concerted effort against you in particular still has chance of getting through.
(Also: password reuse is, of course, evil, and something I only use on don't-care-if-it's-compromised accounts.)
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Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore [View all]
UnrepentantLiberal
Nov 2012
OP
The GMAIL password is in clear text format for the Tech Support and AdWord folks to see. n/t
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2012
#12
A chunk of my own security is about screwing up the password reset questions
Posteritatis
Nov 2012
#4
The myth of the secured, networked computer. There has never been such a thing,
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#22
I've got so much stuff on Google that I took the precaution of activating 2 factor authentication.
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#24
the main point seems to be that passwords ARE good protection, just don't have a silly one
unblock
Nov 2012
#29
Meh... I use my BofA ATM PIN as my password for every online account. n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2012
#33