The weakest link by far is Apple

Re:The weakest link by far is Apple by jwbaker on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @01:54PM (#4351297)

You should never give legit answers to these security questions. I just paste in the output of pwgen -s 32 1. This may make your account harder to "recover" but it also makes it harder to steal.

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Re:The weakest link by far is Apple by raverbashing on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @05:06PM (#4352305)

For a compromise, you can add the correct answer but with a quirk. (that is easier, unless you forget the quirk)

like, put the first name in "Mother's maiden name", or the middle name, or swap their position

And you are right to treat it as a passsword

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Re:The weakest link by far is Apple by furyg3 on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @07:30AM (#4354982)

Yes, this is exactly what I do. I have interesting results sometimes;

  Bank: I'll just need you to confirm your mother's maiden...um...um
  Me: Yes, it's a long string of random characters, want me to read it?
  Bank: No, that's ok, thanks.

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