[Sigia-l] secret question & answer

[Donna Maurer]

What's interesting for me is that I either can't answer or would forget at
least some of these answers:
- I have two parents (duh!) and wouldn't remember which one I did
- I don't have a favourite sports team
- city of birth would be OK (but I stuffed this one in MovableType once by
typing it in all lower case and forgetting...)
- first car would be OK
- I've been to 3 universities and am still studying - wouldn't remember
whether I chose my current uni, my previous one, or my highschool

I too don't really like these - but I don't mind the 'write your own question'
thing as I use the same question every time and remember it. Terribly secure...

Donna


On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 01:14:03 -0200, Livia Labate wrote
> Today I came across the weirdest password reminder questions ever at
> http://www.united.com. I signed in to check my milleage balance but had
> never used the site before, so was prompted to create an account. Here's
> what I saw on the second screen of the sign up form:
> 
> - What is the month and day of one of your parents' birthdays?
> |_______|v| Month |_______|v| Day
> - What is your favorite sports team name? |___________|
> - What is your city of birth?  |___________|
> - What was the manufacturer of your first automobile?  
> |___________|v| - What is the name of the last school that you 
> attended?  |___________|
> 
> I'm not sure how helpful these really are -- does anybody here work 
> at United? I think what I found most curious was question 4, but 
> mostly because it was a drop down with *way* too many options:
>