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jkuhl
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Challenge questions are so goddamn stupid.

Apparently I have an account with a certain online organization though I don't remember setting it up.

So naturally I had no idea of my username or password, so they asked me challenge questions.

It asked me the city of my birth, which is a place with a weird spelling. Because of that weird spelling, I never remember if I'm spelling it right (I was only there as a newborn infant) And I'm also supposed to remember if I capitalized it or not.

I hate challenge questions. And anyone doing any remotely simple research on me shouldn't have trouble learning what city I was born in so it seems to me it's a security vulnerability, nothing more.

And maybe I'm giving things away by saying it asks me that question, but it's a common security question any hacker would anticipate anyways.

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  • 2
    Might as well ask "is this your account?"
  • 2
    Agree 100%.

    Those are also called "Security Questions" which is freaking idioticly ironic.

    And we still have companies and services in 2024 which require this bullshit.
  • 2
    that's actually a cool personal info phishing scam
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