Not news, news, but we all know of people who would fall for this:
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I’ve gotten into the habit of generating random answers to these questions, and storing them alongside the credentials in my password manager.
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There is a robot that calls my cell every day to issue dire threats about “my” car insurance and/or warranty. I have not owned a motor vehicle since the '80s. One of the messages says I can stop the calls by pressing 2.
I wonder if I should press 2.
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I’d say no. I did that once and half an hour later there was an outbound call from my cell. I looked up all the numbers I was told to press later and discovered it was the codes to add a device to a network – to cobble together a small office phone network, for example.
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That’s why you should always fill those out using your “porn star name”, not your real name.
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I got a robocall on my cell phone earlier this week from a government agency, telling me that that agency had filed a lawsuit against me, and that, if I didn’t call back, they were going to issue an arrest warrant and have me arrested.
This would be the same government agency I work at.
I was tempted to call back and either string them along, or to invite them to visit me at my desk.
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Block the number?
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My grandfather’s name was 0x71ACBDDA.
My first pet was named 0xEF856E24.
I grew up on 0x3D984937 Street.
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my lifestyle wasn’t “cool” enough to generate memorable answers to the Apple questions, so… yeah… random answers for me.
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Name the dog IwtbotiwtwotiwtaowiwtaofiwteobiwteoiiwtsoLiwtsoDiwtsohiwtwodwhebuwhnbuwwagdtHwwagdtowistpwsfltpptsoinaioibrfgofeitsdoco, or Bow-wow for short.
Edit to add: or Fluffy'); DROP TABLE Security_Questions;--
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That’s an even better name than Iwadasntrfiteaoiwiwcbavgowwsuts(fiiiLtosl)rathafatsfotltsatd.
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OH IF ONLY THEY EVER CALLED FROM THE SAME NUMBER TWICE
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