2011-06-10, 06:17 AM
Fiel Wrote:Smart people don't answer security questions with actual personal information. Smart people make security questions an additional layer of passwords and keep those answers backed up somewhere.
"What was the name of your first pet?"
"b81%1AzA03"
Sure, but if you say to do that in the first place then there's no excuse for anyone else. You tell the average joe to enter X information and that's exactly what they'll do. There are far more average people on the internet than smart people and just because they're not on their toes all of the time doesn't mean they shouldn't have a fair chance at being protected. All systems like the one Nexon (and Facebook) do is set people up for future exploitation.
Even that system Locked suggested SOUNDS good but if you think about it for a second you realise you have to provide your cell phone number. That information can be used to find out literally everything about you (thanks google.) Is your Maple account really worth your identity?
Nexon, and all companies, really, need to create systems that don't require us to use sensitive information to protect ourselves. Giving us deeper password protection, authenticators and really anything that we can use as an unrelated peripheral is what is necessary and will gradually become more so as the internet ridiculousness continues.