I'm signing up for some service on the web and I'm asked to select a security question. This is just fine and dandy and, of course, I don't want them emailing my username and password to nefarious sorts, but this list is just useless:
What is your pet's name?
What if I have more than one pet? Which to use?
What is your favorite color?
What is this... a Playboy interview? Maybe my favorite color for wall paint is white, but it's dark green for carpet, and red for cars.
Who was your childhood hero?
Even here, the obvious choice of father or mother would be useless. Which did I choose? Did I type Mom or Dad?
Who is your all time favorite celebrity?
Like that choice couldn't change tomorrow even for people who are so shallow as to have a favorite celebrity.
What is your favorite sports team?
Just another way of rephrasing the celebrity question.
The only sensible way for those of us who may have many "memberships" to use these questions without keeping a personal database of our various choices is to make up a nonsensical answer and always use it. That way, I'll only have to remember one answer. No matter the question, it will always be right.
I'm going to choose my standard answer to these questions from the list below (or maybe not);
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White Satin
Purple Velvet
Air Force Blue
SpongeBob SquarePants
Instalanche (okay... wishful thinking. It could happen!)
