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This is the Conversation Forum for Ask h2g2 << What should I do with my life? So what do YOU think it is? >> Subject: What's your -------- name? Posted May 16, 2012 by KB This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 21 I'm always a bit dubious about answering these things! It's a great way to find out people's security questions for online banking and the like. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What's your -------- name? Posted May 16, 2012 by KB This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 22 Ah. Beat me to it, Mina. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What's your -------- name? Posted May 16, 2012 by Solnushka (Foundation) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 23 The blues one is definitely better than the pirate one. There must be a better pirate one... My Bond girl name is very dull too. Subject: What's your -------- name? Posted May 16, 2012 by Mu Beta This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 24 Think I did a journal entry about this once upon a time... **rummages** Ah yes! That took some finding: F90026?thread=682161 Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What's your -------- name? Posted May 16, 2012 by Mu Beta This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 25 I also found this. Which STILL makes me laugh. RIP Teletext. F90026?thread=456715 B Subject: What's your -------- name? Posted May 16, 2012 by Orcus This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 26 You can crack accounts just using our initials. That is impressive Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What's your -------- name? Posted May 17, 2012 by Robyn Hoode - Navigator. Now with added Studnet status! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 27 Worryingly, it would seem I'm related to the Blood's resident parrot. my pirate name came out as: Calico Mary Flint As for the *fishing for info* aspect of these things... I stopped using my mother's maiden name for anything online a long time ago. Being a little bit savvy about what information you are putting on the internet and marrying that up to what you're using as security information is not hard so long as you're aware that you need to do it. And I find some of them amusing. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What's your -------- name? Posted May 17, 2012 by quotes This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 28 Of course we should all be aware of the possibility of fraud, but it's much more interesting to generate a name from information unique to yourself, than from a list. It should be simple to invent a new method of producing non-list names without risking personal information. Take the name of the first animal you see, and add it to the colour of the seat you're on. That gives me 'Starling Maroon', but a few minutes ago it could have been 'Cat Green', and upstairs it might have been 'Gull Black'. Not sure what sorts of names these might be though... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What's your -------- name? Posted May 17, 2012 by Robyn Hoode - Navigator. Now with added Studnet status! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 29 Things like your mothers' maiden name are commonly used security checks however, and are extremely commonly used to find a 'fun' name. But if you don't use your mothers' maiden name, your grandmothers' name, you favourite (or first, often but not always the same) pet's name or your middle name as any sort of security check then it will never be an issue, you're not giving away information that needs to be secure. Being aware is the only way to stay safe, wherever you are! Conversation list Conversation list

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