I really don’t think anyone on the planet could figure out the name of my first pet. Even everyone in my family who would have known the answer to that question, they have all died. My first pet’s name is a secret safe with me.
Comment on Proportion blog: Are security questions terrible for account security?
smeg@feddit.uk 7 months agoNothing stops us enthusiasts from doing that, this article is for a more casual user who might not realise how easy the real answers are for a hacker to discover
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 7 months ago
smeg@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Well that’s good for you, but the point is that info is the kind of thing that someone might have casually posted online over the years
Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Are you super sure that nobody else knows it? Why don’t you tell me so I can check for you if anyone I know knows it.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 7 months ago
okay but first I want to tell you my mother’s maiden name and the name of the first school I went to.
birdcat@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
i mentionied the flaws i saw and are are being adresssed by the community since years without ever anything happening. so i just dont get the focus on a problem that does not even exist.
what will the next article be about? to dont write your password on a post it and stick it onto the screen?
summerof69@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yes and that is a good advice. They don’t write these articles to teach you something new, you’re clearly not the target audience. Don’t blame them for educating people.
tigerjerusalem@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Believe or not, these kind of articles unfortunately are necessary for the regular Joe.
rikudou@lemmings.world 7 months ago
I mean, I’ve seen a password on a post-it in our office, so yeah, maybe a good idea? We also have a company mandated Bitwarden and you wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve seen people type a password by hand instead of using Bitwarden when I help them set up VPN or something. It’s definitely upwards of 80%.