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1Password actually has built-in support for that very flow: https://support.1password.com/generate-security-questions/#c...

The only thing is you sometimes have to warn the customer service agent that you have an unusual answer to "childhood best friend" but otherwise I've never had a problem with it




"Can you tell me the name of your favourite teacher... hmm..."

"Oh, it's a load of random letters and numbers, starts with X"

"Yes, let's proceed"

Happened to me once, I can't remember the company as it was many years ago.


I don't mean to discount your experience, and I'm guessing the social engineering opportunities are unlimited no matter the protections, but the screenshot I provided shows that by default it uses words, not password-style, generation so your childhood best friend would be "couch tulip wheel" and not cafe8675309$




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