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04-20-2011, 11:35 PM #1
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Possible Problem With "security Questions"
I just wondered if "security questions", like the feature that Google has to recover a forgotten password, could actually be a security problem. The usual default questions on websites that have this feature are such that the answer would likely be relatively short and word-like, which obviously makes it easier to guess and brute force. And I don't even know if they encrypt it like the passwords. If they don't, it would make the actual password rather pointless, wouldn't it?
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04-21-2011, 05:48 AM #2
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Hmmm.... you have a point there. I did remember how the questions in most Google and even yahoo seemed routine, like name of pet, name of relatives. All you need is a patient cyberthief and your "secure" account could become quite unsecure.
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