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|Change your maiden name regularly | |Change your maiden name regularly | ||
β | | | + | |Your maiden name is the family name with which you were born. Literally changing your maiden name is impossible by the definition of "maiden name". A common tip is to change your passwords regularly. Some password recovery procedures ask for a security question, like "what is your mother's {{w|Maiden and married names|maiden name}}"? Maiden names and other trivia typically asked by security questions are not secret, so they are inherently insecure. |
A real tip for dealing with security questions is to enter false data. | A real tip for dealing with security questions is to enter false data. |