[ale] evernote security breach

[Watson, Keith]

I use Keepass which lets me easily keep track of random answers for the questions one each site.

Q: Mother's maiden name?
A. Jabberwocky Chicken Horse Hair

Q: Favorite teacher?
A. Grand Larceny at Work

You get the idea. It also helps using actual words as you can validate your identity over the phone with tech support. You could use random gibberish for the answers but it is really hard to spell

#$hasklwo<{}+.,J

over the phone to a native English speaker let alone a non-native speaker.

keith

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Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
IT Support Professional Lead           College of Computing
keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
(404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280


> 
> My other pet-peeve is how so many ridiculous websites ask you these
> personal questions, like your mother's maiden name, your first pet, etc.
> It made a certain amount of sense back when it was just your bank or
> credit card, but I can't stand all these newspapers, blogs, email
> providers, vendor websites, etc., asking these questions and usually 2, 3,
> or more. If you play along, it just means there's the possibility
> (likelihood?) of some massive database being created with your answers to
> all these questions. With very few exceptions, I answer nonsense to these
> questions. OMG! What if I've permanently lost my password to my free
> Podunk Daily Times login! Oh yeah, I'll create a new one or go without. Of
> course, those are the sites that require a 12 character password with 3
> symbol, 2 numbers, a chinese character, and a random dance move.
> 
> Scott
>