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Security question | Surveillance Self-Defense
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To supplement passwords, some systems use “security questions” that are supposed to act as a backup for account access in case you forget your password 
, or as a way to further check your identity even when you do provide a password. These are queries to which only you are supposed to know the answer. The problem with security questions is that they are really just extra passwords that have potentially guessable or discoverable answers. We recommend you treat them as any other password: create a long, novel, random, phrase to answer them, and record that somewhere safe. So the next time your bank asks you your mother's maiden name, you should be ready to answer something like "Correct Battery Horse Staple."