Here is the text of the NIST sp800-63b Digital Identity Guidelines.

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I usually invent answers to those and store those answers in a password manager. Essentially turns them into backup passwords that can be spoken over the phone if necessary.

Where was I born? “Stallheim, EUSA, Mars”

Name of first pet? “Groovy Tuesday”

It’s fun, usually.

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I tried that without a password manager for a little while. But then my answers were too abstract to remember, so now I also use a password manager for that.

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What is the first name of your first best friend?

eoY&Z9m4LNRDY!Gzdd%q98LYiBi8Nq

Oh old eoY&Z9m4LNRDY!Gzdd%q98LYiBi8Nq and I go way back! I met eoY&Z9m4LNRDY!Gzdd%q98LYiBi8Nq in Pre-K and we’ve been inseparable ever since.

It is quite annoying if they’re a service that makes you read aloud your security questions to phone reps to prove your identity. One of my retirement accounts requires that and I have to sigh and read out the full string. I’ve changed it since to an all lowercase, 20 digit string as a compromise.

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20 character all lowercase is very secure as long as its random words / letters that would make it unguessable by knowing you.

Edit: you could also prefix it if you think you’d have to read it

“This question is stupid fuck nuts house gravel neptune cow.”

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