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In today's news: online security questions that ask you questions about your life are DUMB.
Current ones they're wanting me to provide answers to are:
- my spouse's mother's maiden name (assumes that I have a spouse, and that I have the faintest clue what their mother's maiden name IS)
- make and model of my first car (assumes that I had a car, and that I pay the slightest attention to car makes and models)
- the city I met my significant other (assumes that I have a significant other, and that they're the same significant other I had when I set up this security question)
I've previously encountered others such as my favourite song (don't have one), my favourite book (I have four), my first school teacher (don't remember), and my favourite food (not a clue).
Now, if they'd let me create my own, I'd go with (1) my favourite superhero (Spiderman), (2) my favourite author (Agatha Christie), and my favourite fake hobby (Irish Llama Wrestling). You know – stuff I actually know.
Current ones they're wanting me to provide answers to are:
- my spouse's mother's maiden name (assumes that I have a spouse, and that I have the faintest clue what their mother's maiden name IS)
- make and model of my first car (assumes that I had a car, and that I pay the slightest attention to car makes and models)
- the city I met my significant other (assumes that I have a significant other, and that they're the same significant other I had when I set up this security question)
I've previously encountered others such as my favourite song (don't have one), my favourite book (I have four), my first school teacher (don't remember), and my favourite food (not a clue).
Now, if they'd let me create my own, I'd go with (1) my favourite superhero (Spiderman), (2) my favourite author (Agatha Christie), and my favourite fake hobby (Irish Llama Wrestling). You know – stuff I actually know.