Chris Kuethe wrote:
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Wells Fargo is requiring their online banking customers to provide answers to security questions such as these:*** ... *** It strikes me that the answers to many of these questions might be public information or subject to social engineering attacks...Lie. I don't actually give the real answers to those questions for just that reason. Make up some plausible and memorable words (maybe using a tool like "yould"), and pick your mother a new random name from the phone book.
Oh, I know we're smart enough to do that, but I doubt that your typical Facebook user will realize that their high school and best friend's first name (etc.) are public information.
Peter
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