Jb’s story about how he nearly lost his Twitter handle

Post by DanBC » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 9:21 AM UTC

JoshGlazebrook wrote: post #92

brigade wrote: post #87

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I like how Yahoo suddenly decided to make their "security questions" a secondary password. I have no idea what I answered over a decade ago, but I can no longer log into my account despite them acknowledging my password to be correct. Where's the "reset security question" option...

Or even Gmail. Since when do they require you to guess when you opened your account and all of that information? As if I have any idea what month/year I opened my gmail account. I feel like if I ever got locked out of it or were in this situation I wouldn't know the information to get back into it.

Post by giantrobothead » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 5:15 PM UTC

Moru wrote: post #34

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Definitely. While it's not a perfect solution, it provides an extra layer of protection for your accounts by making an extra hurdle for any attacker to clear. Needing two components to access/change your accounts is elegant and effective. Pay-as-you-go phones are advisable to use for two factor verification, as they are affordable and could be used only for this purpose. Don't hand out the number and you've got a nic…

Many providers shuts down the account if you don't use it for calling at least once per year. Some close it down if you don't fill up the cachpool with money every 6-12 months.