Columnist asked researchers what they could find out from just his cell number

Re:Columnist asked researchers what they could find out from... by samfriedman on Thursday August 15, 2019 @12:54PM (#20707030)

I do this, and I actually had to use it for the first time yesterday when calling a credit card company. The rep said "I'll need your security question answer... is this right? It looks like it's just a bunch of numbers and letters?"

Then I confirmed and started reading it out to her, and she hung up on me. I think I should move to correct-horse-battery-staple style in the future.

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Re:Columnist asked researchers what they could find out from... by asquabventured on Thursday August 15, 2019 @01:32PM (#20707480)

> I think I should move to correct-horse-battery-staple style in the future.

The KeePass plugin Readable Passphrase Generator[1] is great for generating Diceware[2] passwords/usernames/security question & answers

Source: Found on KeePass plugins page[3]

[1] https://bitbucket.org/ligos/readablepassphrasegenerator/wiki...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diceware

[3] https://keepass.info/plugins.html#ppgen

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Re:Columnist asked researchers what they could find out from... by LyndsySimon on Thursday August 15, 2019 @01:29PM (#20707449)

> I confirmed and started reading it out to her, and she hung up on me.

That's... troubling. I would have called back specifically to complain about that person. That's absurd.

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