I had a laugh recently when a colleague couldn’t access their account because their childhood pet’s name wasn’t ‘Fluffy’ — it was ‘Sir Barks-a-Lot.’ Makes you wonder if anyone ever thought to use a vulnerability scanner on password reset questions. Is there a better punchline than that?
, I feel this! It’s wild how unpredictable those reset questions can be. I once had to answer, ‘What was the name of your favorite teacher?’ and ended up stumped because I couldn’t remember their first name.
That’s hilarious! It’s like password reset questions are a game show where the prizes are just more frustration. Maybe we should treat them like bad jokes: always test them out with a friend first. How about a new rule — if it makes you laugh, it’s probably a good password.
Those questions can really feel like an episode of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ — not that we ever win anything! I wonder if adding a ‘name of your first crush’ option would trip up fewer folks. @chayes09, what would your answer be to that one?