{"id":6787,"date":"2017-02-27T04:30:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T12:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/02\/27\/news-578\/"},"modified":"2017-02-27T04:30:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T12:30:49","slug":"news-578","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/02\/27\/news-578\/","title":{"rendered":"Now THAT'S secure!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 03:00:00 -0800<\/strong><\/p>\n

When it comes to website security questions, this pilot fish has a bad attitude — and that’s “bad” spelled P-R-A-C-T-I-C-A-L.<\/p>\n

“When they let me write my own questions, I write stuff like ‘Top line of the Spanish text on the control box of the computer speakers,'” says fish.<\/p>\n

“It’s easy enough for me to find that answer — just look down and read it — but unless you’re in my house or know exactly what speakers I bought five years ago, you aren’t gonna get it.<\/p>\n

“Otherwise, I usually type in nonsense, because I don’t forget my passwords.<\/p>\n

“Then sometimes the company has a security breach, locks every affected account and says, ‘You’ll need to reset your password using your security questions.’<\/p>\n

“I’ve been locked out of my 401(k) for about a year, and their support keeps saying there’s nothing they can do. Whatever — I won’t need it for a while.”<\/p>\n

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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 03:00:00 -0800<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When it comes to website security questions, this pilot fish has a bad attitude — and that’s “bad” spelled P-R-A-C-T-I-C-A-L.<\/p>\n

“When they let me write my own questions, I write stuff like ‘Top line of the Spanish text on the control box of the computer speakers,'” says fish.<\/p>\n

“It’s easy enough for me to find that answer — just look down and read it — but unless you’re in my house or know exactly what speakers I bought five years ago, you aren’t gonna get it.<\/p>\n

“Otherwise, I usually type in nonsense, because I don’t forget my passwords.<\/p>\n

“Then sometimes the company has a security breach, locks every affected account and says, ‘You’ll need to reset your password using your security questions.’<\/p>\n

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