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progLore Sjöberg on online bank account security questions. I like the third guy's strategy.
When I was originally faced with these sorts of things, I figured they were ridiculous and useless, so I would answer "jdwhfwhfwopd" to What was the name of your high school? and so on. This worked until the first time I forgot my password and found I couldn't get a new one and had to own up to my "cleverness" to a bank employee on the phone.
Now I answer them for reals, keeping to an internal manual of style in hopes that I'll spell things correctly. (Did I say "St. John Neumann" or "Saint John Neumann" or "st john neumann high school" or...?)
When I was originally faced with these sorts of things, I figured they were ridiculous and useless, so I would answer "jdwhfwhfwopd" to What was the name of your high school? and so on. This worked until the first time I forgot my password and found I couldn't get a new one and had to own up to my "cleverness" to a bank employee on the phone.
Now I answer them for reals, keeping to an internal manual of style in hopes that I'll spell things correctly. (Did I say "St. John Neumann" or "Saint John Neumann" or "st john neumann high school" or...?)
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Date: 2008-02-20 05:28 pm (UTC)And that's what I do now.
Having been a victim of bank robbers, twice, I have weighed the consequences with the inconveniences and have decided to inconvenience myself more to be more secure.
My decision to write this stuff down is, in part, due to my reading of Schneier.
Of course, I've used the 'screw you' method in the past as well. It is fun.