So with the proliferation of deep fakes etc... M and I came up with a "family safe word."

Unfortunate complication: IT IS DEEPLY HILARIOUS AND I CAN'T TELL ANYONE DAMMIT

this is like when my boss said "my current password is based on you and it's very funny and I can't tell you what it is"

It's been 15 years and I am HAUNTED by this

@platypus my bank used to allow custom security questions, so I set one to "what are you wearing?" and the answer to "that's very inappropriate please transfer me to your manager". the first time an customer service rep encountered it they couldn't stop laughing and had to actually transfer to a coworker to complete the call.
@th Our government official communication box here in Belgium allows you to set a custom title, so I set mine to something resembling "yo this ain't no phishing, man" which is how I now know that the mail I get is official and not phishing.
Took a while to convince my wife these mails were really from our government
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@peturdainn @th @platypus you know its real government communication and definitely not a scam email when it's addressed to His Excellency Emeritus Petur Dainn, First of His Name
@wilbr the fact that it's quite honest about wanting money from me is also a hint πŸ˜‰
@th @platypus