Monday, May 25, 2009

FaceBook Porn Star Name App - Be Careful

So have you seen the application on FaceBook where you can figure out your porn star name? They way it works is you take your first pet's name, along with your mother's maiden name. I've not personally used this application, but I've also heard that another piece of the puzzle is the street you grew up on.

Now lets ask ourselves some questions. When you are setting up an account online, there are ways that you can recover your password if you forget it by setting up certain security questions. These security questions just happen to be your first pet's name, mother's maiden name, and the street you grew up on. So you have to ask the question, was this application written to harvest information that could possibly be used to break in to people's accounts? I can't be sure, but this shows us that you need to be very careful of information that you put out there on the Internet.

I would suggest that when you set up an online account, and they ask security questions, it is OK to lie. You would also definitely want to write these answers down so you would remember them. Now I know some accounts that are tied to financial accounts have started using other security questions that do not include the peices of information that apps like "what is your porn star name". If not, LIE!!! Just a little more information that will keep yourself more secure with online accounts that have this password recovery system in place.

Hope everyone is having a great Memorial Day holiday. Stay safe.

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