It wasn’t fun however when one of the companies I transact with required me to answer one of the questions over the phone as a means of authentication.
I could tell the customer service guy was just as tired when I finally finished responding. :)
I’ve told them “I just entered a bunch of random nonsense” and he’s like “aha, yeah, I can see that” and proceeded to help me. Makes me want to just create some fake-but-real-looking information for those questions instead…
Pass phrases. “Where did you go to school?” “The gratuitous fax machine yellows mayonnaise tablets”. Still long, easy to copy & paste, easy to say on the phone.
This is why I use passphrases instead of password. Not worth worrying about phonetic ease though, as I’ve never had to use them since using a password manager. The key is to always set/update passwords by copying FROM the password manager… Same reason you should restore a cryptocurrency wallet from the seed immediately after creation — to ensure your backup works and the info has been stored accurately.
I also do this.
It wasn’t fun however when one of the companies I transact with required me to answer one of the questions over the phone as a means of authentication.
I could tell the customer service guy was just as tired when I finally finished responding. :)
I’ve told them “I just entered a bunch of random nonsense” and he’s like “aha, yeah, I can see that” and proceeded to help me. Makes me want to just create some fake-but-real-looking information for those questions instead…
Pass phrases. “Where did you go to school?” “The gratuitous fax machine yellows mayonnaise tablets”. Still long, easy to copy & paste, easy to say on the phone.
This is why I use passphrases instead of password. Not worth worrying about phonetic ease though, as I’ve never had to use them since using a password manager. The key is to always set/update passwords by copying FROM the password manager… Same reason you should restore a cryptocurrency wallet from the seed immediately after creation — to ensure your backup works and the info has been stored accurately.