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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoSteam. The store front I get my video games from. Has 2-factor authentication with a short time rotating code. To secure my Steam account. My bank uses SMS and “security questions” aka personal trivia questions.
minus-squareEezyville@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoEasy to guess with some social engineering
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWhile I agree with you, some people answer these questions with deliberately incorrect answers. If my closest friend tried to compromise my bank account with my security questions, he’d get them all wrong (and even he doesn’t know my wrong answers). Still a bad design, though.
Steam. The store front I get my video games from. Has 2-factor authentication with a short time rotating code. To secure my Steam account.
My bank uses SMS and “security questions” aka personal trivia questions.
Easy to guess with some social engineering
While I agree with you, some people answer these questions with deliberately incorrect answers. If my closest friend tried to compromise my bank account with my security questions, he’d get them all wrong (and even he doesn’t know my wrong answers).
Still a bad design, though.