[geeks] Secret codes, was US Post Office Website broken again

[Phil Stracchino]

Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> The whole secret question thing is pretty useless to me anyway.  I  
> don't really see it doing much.
> 
> If people use secrets they can remember, they are useless.
> 
> If they use secrets which are not useless, they can't remember them.

Doesn't follow.  The key is to pick "secrets" that are meaningful to
you, but highly unlikely for anyone who does not know you well to be
able to guess even by studying publicly available information about you.


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