Here are 20 such questions you should always avoid posting answers to:
But then someone could potentially attempt to login to one of your accounts using the “forgot password” option. Granted, they’d likely have to have access to either your smartphone or your email account as well, but if it’s someone close to you who might occasionally be able to get to your email, it could be a problem.
Some websites, incidentally, allow the password reset to happen immediately online. They then send an email within 10 minutes or so to the registered email address notifying the registered user of the change.
20 Common Security Questions You Shouldn’t Answer on Social Media
What was the name of your elementary / primary school?
What was your favorite place to visit as a child?
What is your spouse's mother's maiden name?
What is the country of your ultimate dream vacation?
What is the name of your favorite childhood teacher?
To what city did you go on your honeymoon?
What time of the day were you born?
What was your dream job as a child?
What is the street number of the house you grew up in?
What month and day is your anniversary? (e.g., January 2)
What is your grandmother's first name?
What is your mother's middle name?
What is the last name of your favorite high school teacher?
What was the make and model of your first car?
Where did you vacation last year?
What is the name, breed, and color of current pet?
In what city and country do you want to retire?
What is the name of the first undergraduate college you attended?
What was your high school mascot?
What year did you graduate from High School?
What is the name of the first school you attended?
What was the make of your first car?
Apparently a lot of posters need to know what your first car was in the past year
How old were you when you got your drivers license and/or first car?
sheeesh- the blatancy
- What is your mother’s maiden name?
- What was the make and model of your first car?
- What was your first job?
- In what city were you born?
- On what street did you grow up?
- What was the name of your elementary/middle/high school?
- What was your elementary/middle/high school mascot?
- What was the name of your first grade teacher?
- Where did you spend your honeymoon?
- Where did you meet your spouse?
- What was the name of your first pet?
- What is your favorite sports team?
- What is your favorite movie?
- What is your closest sibling’s name?
- What is your favorite food?
- What street did you grow up on?
- Where were you married?
- Where’s the first place you spent a vacation?
- What is your paternal/maternal grandmother’s first name?
- What is the first name of your first boyfriend/girlfriend?
But then someone could potentially attempt to login to one of your accounts using the “forgot password” option. Granted, they’d likely have to have access to either your smartphone or your email account as well, but if it’s someone close to you who might occasionally be able to get to your email, it could be a problem.
Some websites, incidentally, allow the password reset to happen immediately online. They then send an email within 10 minutes or so to the registered email address notifying the registered user of the change.
20 Common Security Questions You Shouldn’t Answer on Social Media
What was the name of your elementary / primary school?
What was your favorite place to visit as a child?
What is your spouse's mother's maiden name?
What is the country of your ultimate dream vacation?
What is the name of your favorite childhood teacher?
To what city did you go on your honeymoon?
What time of the day were you born?
What was your dream job as a child?
What is the street number of the house you grew up in?
What month and day is your anniversary? (e.g., January 2)
What is your grandmother's first name?
What is your mother's middle name?
What is the last name of your favorite high school teacher?
What was the make and model of your first car?
Where did you vacation last year?
What is the name, breed, and color of current pet?
In what city and country do you want to retire?
What is the name of the first undergraduate college you attended?
What was your high school mascot?
What year did you graduate from High School?
What is the name of the first school you attended?
What was the make of your first car?
Apparently a lot of posters need to know what your first car was in the past year
How old were you when you got your drivers license and/or first car?
sheeesh- the blatancy
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