February 22, 2012
How To Protect Yourself With Security Questions
Most websites ask you to pick and answer several security questions when you’re signing up with them. These questions will usually be things along the lines of “where were you born” or “what was your first pet’s name”. These questions are there to help protect you from an unauthorized person getting a hold of your password, or making major changes to your account. You can actually make your account even more secure if you know how to use these questions effectively.
It may surprise you to find that acquaintances-people who know the victims-attempt most hacks. This way, they are more likely to know the answers to the victims security questions. Through this, they may discover your password and have access to your accounts. To prevent this, you can make your security questions even more difficult. Yes, we know that often it is not possible to choose your own security questions. However, it is always possible to determine your own answers.