FORCED BY A “HUMAN RESOURCE” SYSTEM TO ANSWER:
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What’s your father’s middle name?
What’s your spouse’s middle name?
What’s your first child’s middle name?
What was your grandfather’s occupation?
What was the name of the first car you drove?
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Of course, everyone knows or can find out the answers to these questions.
To save the identity theives time and trouble, the answers are:
bkd7ce5bw9d3
tm7d59c8zyyj
4w2uqfr77vyn
uqfz2rq2tyjv
w84p6ze8u22s
Yes that “w84 p6z e8u 22s” was some little car.
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Anyone see the LIFELOCK commercial where the identity thief steals your money by knowing Mother’s Maiden Name and some other factoid?
Yeah, you can guess how well that works.
When at the bank and they asked that question, I whipped out my sheet of one time passwords and with a straight face told the nice lady “dpdes5 mkkey9”. And, she said: “Seriously?” I quipped: “Yes, she was Armenian.” And, that ended that conversation.
Now when I go to the bank she asks how “dp” is. I say: “Fine”.
Argh!
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