I was just reading through some older blog posts in Google Reader and came across this GFI post.
It immediately reminded me of this xkcd comic.
Basically, your adult film name (AFN) is comprised of two parts:
First Name = your Pet's name
Last Name = the street you live on
So, for example, in the xkcd comic, the girl's AFN is Mister Rogers.
The post explains that it was big on Tumbler and Twitter for people to reblog/retweet the message with their AFN, which should definitely be avoided!
Why?
Because in many sites' password recovery feature, those are two of the pre-canned questions that users can select as their "secret question:"
It immediately reminded me of this xkcd comic.
Basically, your adult film name (AFN) is comprised of two parts:
First Name = your Pet's name
Last Name = the street you live on
So, for example, in the xkcd comic, the girl's AFN is Mister Rogers.
The post explains that it was big on Tumbler and Twitter for people to reblog/retweet the message with their AFN, which should definitely be avoided!
Why?
Because in many sites' password recovery feature, those are two of the pre-canned questions that users can select as their "secret question:"
- What is the name of your first pet.
- What street did you grow up on?
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| From Naked Security in 2009 |
Even if you like to create your own security questions, sometimes there is no option to do so and you must answer one of these questions.
So, don't go around posting these answers for the world to see!
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