The problem of sharing too much info about yourself in those innocuous looking quizzes shared on social media
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/04/dont-give-away-historic-details-about-yourself/
“... in these informal surveys is that in doing so you may be inadvertently giving away the answers to “secret questions” that can be used to unlock access to a host of your online identities and accounts.”
@cypnk This is another reason why password managers are so important. You can store more than passwords in them!
Q: What city were you born in?
A: Sigourney Weaver
Q: What is your father's middle name?
A: Porcupine
Q: What was the name of your first school?
A: Mint Chocolate Chip
That way, even if you get tricked into telling somebody the real answers it won't do them any good.
@BobTarte @cypnk For the longest time I would just copy & paste the output from uuidgen into those fields.
I stopped doing that when I had to call my brokerage firm to update something and spent 30 minutes trying to read that off to them:
alpha-foxtrot-foxtrot-zero-eight-bravo-echo-one-seven
No....
foxtrot-foxtrot not foxtrot-alpha-zeo
hello? are you dyslexic?
oh shit, I'm sorry. i had no idea.
@BobTarte @cypnk Exactly. Or not.
There is a downside to this method though, getting past the laughter when you have to call-in and speak to a real person and they want to verify you are who you say you are.