All GREAT Points! We had a discussion a long time ago about security questions in general. The thought, by the average user, was that answering these questions is giving someone out there (a website employee, perhaps) too much information about yourself. So, letrs say, you answer the question about "mother's maiden name" accurately; then an employee of the website can use that information to hack into one of your other websites, like your back. Answering security questions accurately also caused a bunch of female celebs to have their nude photos hacked on iCloud.
Unfortunately, you are VERY correct on using fake answers. If the initial issue is that you forgot your password, what makes anyone think they fon't forget their fake security answers? It is self defeating.
In my book, all security data should be heavily encrypted. Nobody at the website's office should be able to know what your password is no matter how trustworthy he or she is because even these people can have their machines hacked as well as the servers. The security questions/answers should also be encrypted. That would solve a lot of problems but nobody bothers these days.

I'm upset that millions of Yahoo user accounts have been compromised, which most likely includes my account. I have already gone through the process of changing my password and security questions as Yahoo has recommended. I have been using this account as my primary email address for over a decade, and I really do not want to give it up. Not only do I love this email address, but I also love using the service. I even pay an annual fee for it. Am I being stupid and stubborn for continuing to use it? Is it a higher security risk? I'm just not sure what to do, and I'm scared of it being compromised again. What would you do? Please help me out. Thank you.
--Submitted by: Evelyn C.

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