Security questions....

[flick]

Apple just made me answer three out of five security questions, for my iTunes account.

I really hope that I never need them: I didn't actually know the answer to more than two of them, and it wouldn't let me put the same answer in for all of them....

Comments

[redbird]

I have some where I have just put the same random thing (not just from question to question, but site to site). The post office recently demanded several for me to set up an account for their click-and-ship system (use your computer to pay for shipping packages, and print your own label; saves a few cents and possibly time). I didn't want to give them my mother's maiden name, so I have written down what I told it my favorite food is. (Of course, ideally I would be keeping the passwords and the security questions in different places, but I'm not nearly that organized.)

[flick]

I'm afraid I'm terribly insecure and use the same answer to all of the questions, whether it makes sense or not. But sadly I couldn't do so in this case, so I'm probably doomed.

[redbird]

I have used the same few questions and valid answers in a lot of places, sometimes dropping back to pretending it's "What is your favorite color?" when there are too many that don't apply. (I can see why American companies think "favorite sports team" and "first car you owned" are generally applicable questions—though for people who really have a favorite sports team, that's not at all secret—but I don't have a favorite sports team and have never owned a car. I also don't have a favorite cartoon character.