How do you answer security questions?

How do you answer security questions?

Create nonsense answers to security questions. A random string of letters and numbers (and special characters, if allowed) is better than a real word. If given the option, create your own security questions rather than choosing from the provided questions. Make your questions nonsense, and irrelevant to your answers.

What are some good security questions?

Here are examples of some common security questions:

• In what city were you born?
• What is the name of your favorite pet?
• What is your mother’s maiden name?
• What high school did you attend?
• What is the name of your first school?
• What was the make of your first car?
• What was your favorite food as a child?

How do I change my security questions and answers?

Set up or change your security questions

1. Sign in to your Apple ID account page.
2. In the Security section, click Edit.
3. If you already have security questions, you’ll be asked to answer them before you continue.
4. Click Change Questions.
5. Choose your new security questions, then enter the answers.

What is choose a security question?

Choose security questions that do not make it too easy for a hacker to guess an answer. Questions like “What is your father’s name,” “which school did you attend” and “what is the model of your current car” are easy to guess as this information is most likely retrievable from any social media profile.

What is a valid Secret question?

A secret question is a question/answer combination that only the person who creates it should know. They may be used as an added layer of security upon login, but are more commonly used in password retrieval.

How do you reset your security questions?

Reset your security questions Go to iforgot.apple.com. Enter your Apple ID, then select Continue. Choose the option to reset your security questions, then select Continue.

Does Apple still use security questions?

Never provide your password, security questions, verification codes, recovery key, or any other account security details to anyone else. Apple will never ask you for this information. If Apple Support needs to verify your identity, we might ask you to generate a temporary Support PIN.

What do you need to know about security questions?

The user must be able to recall the answer to the question, potentially years after creating their account. The answer to the question must not change over time. The user must be able to answer the question. The answer to the question must be hard for an attacker to obtain. The answer should be clear to the user.

Can a user write their own security question?

Allowing users to write their own security questions can result in them choosing very strong and unique questions that would be very hard for an attacker to guess. However, there is also a significant risk that users will choose weak questions.

Which is an example of 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?”

How to choose and answer security questions on the Mac?

For example, I’m not a big fan of sports, so I could choose the favorite sports team and just make up a team, say the Passaic Redheads, or the Marin County Whales. As long as you can remember the answer, this is a great way to use something that’s not complicated but that doesn’t actually exist.