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9/16/2010 5:46 PM 

• I grew up in Boston, but I was born in Providence.
• My first pet was a goldfish named Blueberry.
• I love love love the New Orleans Saints.
• Mrs. Kitchner was my favorite teacher.
• My father's middle name is Marion.
• My mother's maiden name is Schliffenhoffer.
• My social security number is...

Of course, nobody would go quite that far. But do they even have to? 
There is a spate of quizzes going around the social networking sites - “How Well Do You Know Me?”,  “25 Firsts”, “One-Word Answers”—that can potentially give away some valuable personal information.
 
You were probably asked to give answers to three “secret” questions anytime you registered online with a password. Most of us set those questions up long ago and have answered so many that we probably don't even remember which questions were asked when.

And then along came social networking and the above-mentioned quizzes. How many of our “secret” answers do we voluntarily give away?
 
Part of the problem lies in the questions themselves. We are relying on companies to put security measures in place that will keep us...well, secure. Those companies need to recognize the deficiencies that social networking has caused and adapt to the changing web environment.
 
But until that happens, we must ask ourselves “How well do strangers know me?”

Read more about it at:
http://geekswithblogs.net/james/archive/2009/09/23/how-to-pick-a-really-good-security-question.aspx

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