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Old 10-07-2013, 02:51 AM   #186
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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak View Post
I disagree. They just need to get smarter. Instead of asking for obvious things that the average clueless user would cheerfully share on Facebook or Twitter (like their favorite sports team or their favorite color), they just need to ask for more obscure things. What is your paternal grandfather's middle name? What was your first pet's name? What was the first name of your first school teacher? What is your mother's favorite food?

And so on...
They already ask questions like that. They are still easy to hack. I think this is due to large data mining. If you never Google yourself you might be shock what info is out there that you never even posted on social media or publicly.

I think it's best just to make up an answer unrelated to the question for best possible security if you have use that feature. Google did away with it because they realize it was how people were hacking in. I hope other sites follow.
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