Don’t Give Away Historic Details About Yourself
Summary: Krebs on Security warns that Facebook quizzes asking questions like "What was your first car?" or "What was the name of your first pet?" collect answers that match the secret questions banks and other companies use to reset passwords. The post cites examples including a San Benito Tire Pros quiz shared more than 250 times, a first-pet question answered by almost 5,000 Facebook users, and a spouse question shared almost 10,000 times with more than 2,300 responses.
What you should know: Every truthful answer to these quizzes sits online in perpetuity, giving identity thieves and scammers the exact material needed to walk through password-reset backdoors on bank and other accounts.
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