payment cards and stupid security questions

[redbird]

I did some paid interviews (similar to a focus group, but with me as the only member)on Zoom in July. The payment arrived today, in the form of a prepaid visa card.

I decided to register the card (in case it's lost or stolen). To do that, I had to create an account. Choose a password with at least one capital letter, one lower case letter, and one number, no problem. Then I got to security questions, and had to pick three, for a longer-than-usual list. The site rejected my answers to "favorite drink" and "favorite aunt's name," in both cases because they were less than four characters long. A lot of people have three-letter first names.

One of the other suggested questions is "favorite animal," and I'm pretty sure the most common answers to that are "dog" and "cat." This is the sort of thing that has me picking questions like "gas station you use most often" or "favorite cartoon character," where the actual answer is "there isn't one," because I can remember what I put in that box.

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[thistleingrey]

I always give deliberately nonsensical answers to those so that a breach won't expose things for other accounts. It is hard to track, though (I use a software aid).