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algorithms for dumb security questions
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/245e03ce-f0ea-49a5-8e13-e0940a57c982/3AF4E98E-9098-48BF-9B08-FE7192DCDA59/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/11/15/algorithms_for.html" href="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/11/15/algorithms_for.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.zephoria.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/11/15/algorithms_for.html">I share David Weinberger's irritation with <A href="http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/dumb_security_questions.html">dumb security questions</A>, albeit for slightly different reasons. My irritation stems from the fact that they are often culturally insensitive, require brilliant memories, and assume that favorites don't change</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/11/15/algorithms_for.html">Why are security questions the same as the information that you put on your public MySpace page? Dumb dumb dumb.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/11/15/algorithms_for.html"><P>I've decided to approach this from a different angle. I've instituted a consistent tactic for answering stupid security questions. It's an algorithmic approach. The basic structure is: </p> <P><B>[Snarky Bad Attitude Phrase] + [Core Noun Phrase] + [Unique Word]</B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/11/15/algorithms_for.html"><P>Although these are not my actual phrases, let's map them for example:</p> <UL><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Snarky Bad Attitude Phrase = StupidQuestion </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Unique Word = Booyah</LI></UL> <P>Thus, when I'm asked the following question: <I>What is your favorite sports team?</I></p> <P>My answer would be: <I>StupidQuestion SportsTeam Booyah</I></p> <P>And when they ask: <I>What was the first car you owned?</I></p> <P>I'd respond: <I>StupidQuestion Car Booyah</I></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3AF4E98E-9098-48BF-9B08-FE7192DCDA59/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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