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FBI Warns Americans to Start Using Encrypted Messaging Apps (gizmodo.com)

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

While I agree with you, some people answer these questions with deliberately incorrect answers. If my closest friend tried to compromise my bank account with my security questions, he'd get them all wrong (and even he doesn't know my wrong answers).

Still a bad design, though.