Why you should lie in your password-recovery questions

Sometimes, the safest choice is to lie. 

We've all been there: You try to log into a rarely used online account only to realize you've forgotten the password. It's password-recovery time, and before you know it you're scratching your head trying to remember the name of your first pet and what your favorite movie was 3 years ago. You've already screwed up, just not in the way you think. 

Your first mistake, it turns out, was answering those dumb security questions accurately in the first place. The idea of password-recovery questions is simple. If you forget your login credentials, there's a backup way to get into your account. The problem is that often the information required to pass those minor-security hurdles is easily found via a quick Google search.  Read more...

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