Secure passwords don’t matter much if your friends have common names

So I was resetting my NY Times account password so I could read the article for my last post about hyperlocal websites, and they had one of those “tell us something unique about yourself so you can reset your password later” questions.  Here are the options:

NY Times password reset question

What am I supposed to do with this?  I swear, I’m going to start trying to hack friends’ passwords, no because I want to do anything with them, but I just want to know if I’m their best friend.

Seriously, what’s wrong with the usual email reset link flow?


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