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Twitter and the Porn Name Game – It might cause an identity theft!

May 14, 2009 – 3:06 pm

I was reading on the Internet about the porn name game, that has been popular on Twitter, where you answer some questions about yourself and it will generate your porn name for you. HAHA very funny, it’s good for a chuckle and it’s fun to send to your friends to try. However, this particular game was asking you questions like: What’s the name of your first pet? or the name of the first street you lived on? These of course are very popular security questions that people used to verify that you are who you say you are. The security questions often come up when you need your password sent to you or in some cases when you’re logging-in in a new location.

This of course is a problem when it comes to securing your accounts. If someone had access to your email and could answer your security questions then they could break into just about any online account they wanted. They could click the convenient “I forgot my password” button and answer the question and they are in.

What? You don’t think it happens, well it does. Experts have been warning people for a while now to watch what information they post on their social media site such as Twitter, Facebook, and Myspace because hackers can use the information to answer those security questions and compromise your accounts.

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