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What are password security questions?
As a starting point, use these standard password reset questions to get started.
- What was the name of your first manager at your first job?
- What was your favorite subject in high school?
- What is your employee ID number?
- Where did you go on your favorite vacation as a child?
- What is the name of the road you grew up on?
What are the types of security questions?
Below are some suggestions for security questions you could use: What was the house number and street name you lived in as a child? What were the last four digits of your childhood telephone number? What primary school did you attend?
What is a strong security question?
A good security question should have a fixed answer, meaning that it won’t change over time. A good example of a security question with a stable answer: “What is your oldest cousin’s first name?” This example works because the answer never changes.
Which of these are the two main security questions?
There are two main types of security questions:
- User-defined questions let users choose a question from a set list that they would like to provide an answer to.
- System-defined questions are based on information that the service provider already knows about the user (e.g., address or date of birth).
How do you create a recovery question?
Choose Device preferences.
- From Device Preferences, select Security.
- Next to Change password recovery question, click Change.
- Enter your archive key password.
- Enter a question to use as your recovery question. The question cannot exceed 128 characters.
- Enter your answer to your recovery question.
- Click Save.
What is a good e transfer question?
A good question is one where the answer cannot be easily answered, for example, “what is your mom’s middle name?”, or “what is the secret password I gave you?” It’s a good idea to agree on a shared secret security question before sending the Interac e-Transfer.
What is your security question?
A security question is form of shared secret used as an authenticator. It is commonly used by banks, cable companies and wireless providers as an extra security layer.
What’s a good security question for Etransfer?
What should I write in secret question?
Examples of secret questions include:
- What is your mother’s maiden name?
- What was your first pet?
- What was the model of your first car?
- In what city were you born?
- What was your father’s middle name?
- What was your childhood nickname?
How are security questions used?
Security questions are used to verify a user’s identity on password-protected sites. A security question is a question used to verify a person’s identity on a password-protected network or Web site. Users typically choose one out of a number of biographical questions to answer when they create online accounts.
What is security question and answer?
Security Question & Answer means an answer used to verify the identity of a User when the User resets the User’s Compliant Password.
How do I recover my WhatsApp password?
To reset the PIN:
- Open WhatsApp > tap Forgot PIN? > Send Email. A reset link will be sent to the email address you provided.
- In the email, follow the reset link and tap CONFIRM.
- Open WhatsApp > tap Forgot PIN? > Reset.
What are password security questions and how to answer them?
Password security questions are meant to add an additional layer of security to online account logins, but with the advent of social media, the answers to the most common password security questions are increasingly easy for others to answer.
What are password recovery questions and what should I enter?
What should I enter? Password recovery questions, more commonly called security questions (or secret questions and answers), are used to verify you as the legitimate owner of an online account when you’ve forgotten your password or are otherwise trying to recover an online account.
What information should be included in a security question?
The user’s current password. Common strings such as “123” or “password”. If the security questions are not used as part of the main authentication process, then consider periodically prompting the user to review their security questions and verify that they still know the answers.
What is a user defined security question?
With user defined security questions, the user must choose a question from a list, and provide an answer to the question. Common examples are “What is your favourite colour?” or “What was your first car?”