06-18-2017, 09:15 AM
@Canard
I think we understand the concept of a security question. But it doesn't have to be a preference; preferences are bad because they change over time. It should be something hard to discover and relatively permanent.
Generally though, security questions are just a bad way of handling password reset. This set of questions is nearly pessimal, but even good ones aren't great. Ten years ago this was as good as it gets, today, we really have better options.
Again, what frustrates me as a software developer is how much money is spent on this type of software which really isn't very good.
I think we understand the concept of a security question. But it doesn't have to be a preference; preferences are bad because they change over time. It should be something hard to discover and relatively permanent.
Generally though, security questions are just a bad way of handling password reset. This set of questions is nearly pessimal, but even good ones aren't great. Ten years ago this was as good as it gets, today, we really have better options.
Again, what frustrates me as a software developer is how much money is spent on this type of software which really isn't very good.