Ruth [☕️ 👩🏻💻📚✍🏻🧵🪡🍵]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
Trammell Hudson@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.
Kirby@th @platypus the first time I called in to my credit union, they wanted me to set a passphrase for future phone verification. And I was blanking (forgot I could use a password manager for this sort of thing) and asked what sort of passphrase they wanted. "Well we can provide you with a hint. Like 'what's a book you recommend?'"
...tldr I'm ND enough that favorites are Hard (too strict of a ranking when I love all the things) but I do have some 'confident-i- won't-forget' Anti-Recommendations.
@th @platypus ...So months later, the next time I couldn't fix something online and had to call, the convo went
"Hi, I'm having this problem, my deets are [redacted]."
"And your passphrase?"
"Umm. Is there a more specific prompt for that?"
"'Don't read this book.'"
(laughing because. Oh. Yeah. I will never not be salty about that) "[title]"
"Great, so what I see on your account..."
(In hindsight, why is "What book would you recommend to everyone" even remotely considered secure though???)
@th @platypus slightly less story-worthy, but more like OP's: A former workplace had a room with an electronic lock with numeric passwords that changed every couple of months, always to something that would T9 a word. The one time the password was "dragon" and I couldn't even comment on how "They're usually memorable enough but I can Definitely remember this one" in case someone was listening who did know the password scheme but didn't *currently* have room access... had me vibrating in agh!