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Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fi... by Tepix on Sunday June 26, 2016 @10:52AM (#11981032)
Doesn't work with United MileagePlus accounts, they only allow multiple choice answers!
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Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fi... by dtemp on Sunday June 26, 2016 @12:56PM (#11981537)
Yep. I believe when I created my account, I picked ones that were definitely not real answers, ie. "What's your favorite sport?" answer "lawn darts".
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Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fi... by bbotond on Sunday June 26, 2016 @01:19PM (#11981620)
Even if you picked a fake answer, that doesn't stop someone from brute-forcing it, which is made very easy by the limited range of possible options.
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Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fi... by majewsky on Monday June 27, 2016 @03:33AM (#11984666)
Any social engineers reading this? :)
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Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fi... by sshanky on Sunday June 26, 2016 @12:56PM (#11981539)
Just give the wrong answer and keep track in your password tracker. At least social engineers can't figure that out.
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Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fi... by simbalion on Sunday June 26, 2016 @03:07PM (#11982142)
Contact their tech group and then contact their CEO and show them this article. :)
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Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fi... by bbotond on Sunday June 26, 2016 @12:32PM (#11981454)
That's just appalling.
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