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Re:NIST’s new password rules – what you need to know by estefan on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @06:10AM (#13021695)
The woman on the phone at the utility company that was messing me around didn't laugh when I said the answer to my security question "what do you think of customer service" was "f*cking retards" :-D
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Re:NIST’s new password rules – what you need to know by jandrese on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @01:21PM (#13024544)
Who even makes that a security question? I mean seriously. You might as well ask "What is your opinion on the color yellow?"
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Re:NIST’s new password rules – what you need to know by koolba on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @05:23PM (#13026265)
"What is your opinion of cargo cult infosec practices, specifically security questions?"
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Re:NIST’s new password rules – what you need to know by lenocinor on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @07:53PM (#13027046)
Going to guess they wrote it themselves in this case.
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