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Re:LastPass owner GoTo has been hacked by jrockway on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @07:32PM (#33810436)
Yup. You pretty much have to do this. I love signing into my bank's bill payment system. "You appear to know your password and possess your second factor. But what's your favorite book? <all lowercase favorite book> WRONG YOUR FAVORITE BOOK IS ACTUALLY <starts with an uppercase book> NOW YOUR ACCOUNT IS LOCKED."

Even if you're using real answers, you will be locked out of your account if you don't treat them like passwords. Eventually.

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Re:LastPass owner GoTo has been hacked by xboxnolifes on Thursday December 01, 2022 @05:01AM (#33814352)
Worse yet, real answers are just weaker passwords. Mother's maiden name? Childhood friend? Elementary / high school? For a targeted attack, against most people, this is very insecure in the all information online age. Nobody needs to know your 20 character password if they have your social media page.
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