Here is the text of the NIST sp800-63b Digital Identity Guidelines.

  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I think 7 and 8 both cover that. I recently signed up for an account where all of the “security questions” provided asked about things that could be either looked up or reasonably guessed based on looked up information.

    We live in a tech world designed for the technically illiterate.

    • eronth@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I usually invent answers to those and store those answers in a password manager. Essentially turns them into backup passwords that can be spoken over the phone if necessary.

      Where was I born? “Stallheim, EUSA, Mars”

      Name of first pet? “Groovy Tuesday”

      It’s fun, usually.