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- MtheoryX, on 08/27/2008, -1/+186Mine are based on my second personality.
So are mine. - mnemy, on 08/26/2008, -1/+167I hate those stupid security questions. Luckily, when I was 16 or so, some hacker hacked into my email account and used it to send myself an email saying my security question was too easy. Ever since then, I enter random characters into all security questions.
What pissed me off the other day is that my online banking site, after a year or two of use, decided to make it a requirement to have a few of these security questions. Someone exploiting that could cause real damage. - dha07030, on 08/27/2008, -5/+164Wait... he broke into your email to tell you your question was too easy? What the hell is that, public service hacking?
- bstew22, on 08/27/2008, -2/+161but i thought if i just typed my password here, it showed up as asterisks?
********** - Darkhacker, on 08/27/2008, -0/+158They're known as white hat hackers. They're the good guys in the security fight and they'll hack into people's accounts to show them that they need to be more careful. I've done it before with my friend's facebook accounts. Often times words alone just don't work and you get the "yeah, yeah, I know" routine from them. Once you actually break into their account though, they'll start listening and take online security more seriously.
- jocnnor, on 08/27/2008, -6/+138ilovecock
did it work? - ho0ber, on 08/27/2008, -2/+120Amazing! When you type your password you see ilovecock on your screen, but I only see *********!
- douglasr007, on 08/27/2008, -1/+106hunter2
- unfilterthought, on 08/27/2008, -1/+85All my "forgot" password info is based on a false identity i created. :)
- mcnearcj, on 08/27/2008, -1/+72This reminds me of when I was trying to reactivate an old WoW account. I couldn't remember the answer to my secret question of "What is your favorite activity?" So I called up blizzard and after a few questions the nice woman on the other end told me to get some paper and write down the answer. She says "M, a, s, t, u, r,....."
About halfway through I was like oh yea oh yea don't need to go on! - Arkanjal, on 08/27/2008, -1/+72Penetration tester? that sounds fun.
- melonhedd, on 08/27/2008, -4/+74That's not ironic.
- mrloco, on 08/27/2008, -2/+70**********
damn, that's one clever wordfilter - Bulk70, on 08/27/2008, -0/+56I logged in to mod you up, because frankly people dont make enough bash refrences anymore.
- ChairShot83, on 08/26/2008, -2/+58This is especially difficult when you have a crazy ex-wife who knows your detailed info. Secure? Yeah right. She knows my last 4, mother maiden name and pretty much anything else used to 'prevent' unauthorized access to my sites.
Luckily Gmail is set up so that when I do have a password reset, emails go there to inform me of this. Ironically enough, I had this done to my AT&T mobile account last week. - Lith25, on 08/27/2008, -2/+54I don't believe it...
******
edit: well damn. - breadfred, on 08/27/2008, -3/+51HAHA I GOT YOU! (logging into op12's bank account with "bananasandwichhuckeypuck") YEAH BABY I'M RICH!!!11!!1!!
- op12, on 08/27/2008, -1/+44You'll have to spell it right first ;)
- op12, on 08/27/2008, -0/+38"Ever since then, I enter random characters into all security questions."
Exactly. That's a big flaw with the article...they start proposing things like coming up with different kinds of questions, when you could easily foil hackers by just providing false information (or random information) that only you know. If it says "What city were you born in?" and I answer "bananasandwichhockeypuck", you obviously couldn't just find public info on me and figure it out. - Elranzer, on 08/27/2008, -1/+39"What city were you born?"
Acceptable answers:
Gotham City
Endor
Hyrule
Mushroom Kingdom
Mordor
Metropolis
Midgar
Eberron
Unacceptable answers:
New York City
Boston
Portland
Austin
etc - DrPh0bius, on 08/27/2008, -0/+31When you set up the account and it asks your mothers maiden name (as an example), it doesnt know if youre telling the truth... have some other word you use to answer that question and you can prevent that kind of thing from happening.
- melonhedd, on 08/27/2008, -0/+28The best is when they ask you for your own security question: What is a man?
- StevieG, on 08/27/2008, -1/+28Reminds me of this PA comic.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/07/12/ - bkemper, on 08/27/2008, -2/+27Their just like those white hatter public servants that break into your house to tell you that the lock on your front door isn't strong enough. I always thank them after they do that.
- burrgrinder, on 08/27/2008, -0/+22White/gray/black hat hacking are ethical terms in the community. The law doesn't see a difference though, white hat hacking is still illegal (unless you're commissioned by the owner as a penetration tester).
- Lith25, on 08/27/2008, -2/+24Yea, when you're stupid enough to actually answer a security question like "Where did I go to high school" with your actual high school.
- virtualonliner, on 08/27/2008, -0/+19One of the things that can help with this is, have your answer totally unrelated to security question. It would help even more if your answer is totally unrelated to you as well. But then, it becomes as difficult to remember the answer as the password to begin with.
- Aitese, on 08/27/2008, -0/+19If you forgot your own frequently used password, why would you not forget your infrequently used totally made up high school name?
- alexforcefive, on 08/27/2008, -0/+17They're working on a movie like that, I think it's called "Hackers"
I heard they cast angelina jolie in it? - norm7, on 08/27/2008, -1/+18and that, my friends, was the closest a digger will ever get to phone sex
- maninalift, on 08/27/2008, -1/+18but then you are back to the forgettable passwords. If that doesn't bother you then that's OK but it does rather destroy the point of a "forgot your password" feature.
- bouche, on 08/27/2008, -4/+21This article is full of holes. First of all, the "hacker" obviously needed to know alot of information before hand. The account number and the email address associated to the bank account are 2 big ones. How did the "hacker" know where the password reset was being sent? If you're going to show security holes, you can't skip over a few steps.
- erichw1504, on 08/27/2008, -1/+17In other more obvious news that snorgtees girl is pretty cute.
- soupdawg30, on 08/27/2008, -0/+15genius
- doom777, on 08/27/2008, -0/+15i loled
- Invid, on 08/27/2008, -0/+15I used to change people's SSID on their default router to "SecureMe" when I used to wardrive back a few years ago. I stopped after a very short time because there were just too many "linksys" APs. It felt like trying to swim upstream.
It's gotten much better since then. I have no problem with sharing your connection, but you should do it deliberately, not by accident. - inactive, on 08/27/2008, -0/+14I called Bank of America the other week, and some guy asked me for my security code, which I didn't know, so he asked me my address and birthdate (which, if I didn't happen to know, would have taken a whole minute to find on the web, hmm?). After i gave him that, without me asking, he reads me back my security code "for next time". And it turns out, that's the PIN i use for my ATM.
MORON.
no other bank within walking distance or I'd have dropped those creeps long ago. - inactive, on 08/27/2008, -0/+13Actually, you should thank them
- Shaman760, on 08/27/2008, -0/+12LOL!! I changed the local open network to "Unsecure Networks are Kewl"....
- chanop, on 08/27/2008, -0/+11Exactly, I set all my PW answers to "iliketurtles"....no one will ever be able to get into my accounts
- WITFITS, on 08/27/2008, -1/+11Obligatory Spaceballs Quote: "1-2-3-4-5? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard of in my life! That's the kinda thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"
- earlobe, on 08/27/2008, -1/+11just dont create a myspace or blog for this fake identity or your screwed
- inactive, on 08/27/2008, -3/+13a hacker working for the good of mankind. sounds like hollywood's next big adaption to me.
- ArmandoM, on 08/27/2008, -2/+12That's not very secure if customer support is telling someone over the phone what the answer to your secret question is...
- BoneStamp, on 08/27/2008, -0/+10It's a well known fact that everyone went to "West Beverly High" and their zip code is "90210"
- Fubeman, on 08/27/2008, -4/+13Lame article for several reasons:
1. If you're that dumb to put all that personal info on a piece of ***** site like Facebook, THEN use that same info for all your "forget password" entries, you deserve to get hacked.
2. If you actually use your real name in Facebook AND real personal info, you deserve to get hacked. Why not just use your middle name as your answer, no one will EVER figure that out /sarcasm.
3. As others have commented, you also need to get a lot of their other info to get access to their financial sites (which bank are they using, account info, etc.) - not just their "forget password" question.
Article just has too many holes to be of any significant worth. - frostbyt, on 08/27/2008, -6/+14In other obvious news grass is green.
- NinjaJedi, on 08/27/2008, -0/+8Anybody else get de ja vu reading this?!?! I swear this story has been on here before .. but told from a different angle!
- ethnicman, on 08/27/2008, -1/+8what???? They dont call my mom and verify that her maiden name is in fact smith?
- MistrBrownstone, on 08/27/2008, -0/+7Not to mention, even if you had all this information on a person, how would you know what bank they used? Would you just start at bank A's website and try this hit or miss method until you got to bank Z's website and hope that one of them worked?
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