Re:Don't give away historic details about yourself
by thefifthsetpin on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @01:14PM
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I do the same. Once, a bank asked me over the phone what my high school mascot was (or whatever) to verify that I was really me. I hadn't expected them to use the question in this way, so I wasn't prepared to look up my answer. Knowing whatever randomly generated string I'd used was likely unpronounceable I answered, "I could teach you to pronounce it, but first you'd need to cut out your tongue." which they accepted.
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Re:Don't give away historic details about yourself
by teamhappy on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @01:36PM
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> which they accepted
That's not great.
Re:Don't give away historic details about yourself
by sbov on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @01:58PM
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Yeah, this is why I use "lies" rather than "randomly generated string".
Re:Don't give away historic details about yourself
by tajen on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @02:58PM
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I confirm here. Another bank accepted for me.
Re:Don't give away historic details about yourself
by PebblesRox on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @02:20PM
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This happened to me but I’d chosen the “write your own question” option, so the lady asked me “what is [childhood imaginary friend]’s middle name?” I told her the answer and she said “that was cute.” I never expected an actual person to ask me the question!