The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #98142   Message #1940983
Posted By: JohnInKansas
18-Jan-07 - 05:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Profile Sites Good thing or Bad thing ?
Subject: RE: BS: Profile Sites Good thing or Bad thing ?
dianensis -

When you enter your "personal data" it is not strictly necessary to tell the truth. The only requirement is that when you re-enter it to gain access you must tell the same lie as you used when you gave them the information.

My mother's name might well have been: ^$%#@!-sie (that's what her little brother always called her.)

My first school attended was perhaps: Sch001oFHardKn00ckers

How old I am might well be: N1nety1FiL1veThatL0nG

You can provide any answer you choose, without regard to whether it's "actual truth," as long as you use the same answer the next time you're asked the same question. It is in fact preferable that you NOT SPELL EVERYTHING RIGHT, and NOT GIVE CORRECT ANSWERS, as long as you can provide the same answer each time.

The only reason for using the same "questions" for everybody is that using the same for all gives no clues about what the answer should be, and perhaps encourages phonies to guess wrong. (And helps those who can't think up good passwords.)

John