The curse of the secret question
The curse of the secret question - Computerworld
The secret question is designed to be a backup in case you forget your password, but as this article notes, the answer to the secret question is often much easer for a baddie to discern. Making the answer to the secret question extremely difficult for someone else to determine can defeat the secret questions purpose. The author asserts that we may be seeing the end of passwords as a viable security option, I'm not sure what might take their place in the future but I'm sure the struggle between computer security and those seeking to break that security will continue.
The secret question is designed to be a backup in case you forget your password, but as this article notes, the answer to the secret question is often much easer for a baddie to discern. Making the answer to the secret question extremely difficult for someone else to determine can defeat the secret questions purpose. The author asserts that we may be seeing the end of passwords as a viable security option, I'm not sure what might take their place in the future but I'm sure the struggle between computer security and those seeking to break that security will continue.
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