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The whole thing would have been avoided if the US didn't push their Navy around Iran why the hell is there a US navy ship there to begin with and why the hell is it that easy for them to shout at whatever is moving in the sky yes it might have been a UI issue but the root of the problem is "a US navy ship next to iran's border"


It was protecting neutral shipping traffic during the Iraq-Iran war.


but good luck remembering those guessed answers once you need them again to get your account back


I use a password generator for the answers and save them in my password manager. One time I had to read 20 random characters to someone on the phone as a response to my favorite food


So... why not just use your password manager to record the account's actual password, so you don't need to use security questions?


Sometimes password can be reset without your asking so, or the system requires to supply both password and security questions.


A lot of sites require security questions (think banks and healthcare services).


That doesn't seem to be a reason to record the garbage answer in a password manager.


If you actually need to recover the account at some point, you might need the answers to the security questions.


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