gmail security is a joke

[octalnanog at alvarezp.org (Octavio Alvarez)]

On 05/26/2015 08:44 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
> I think opt-out of password recovery choices on a line-item basis is
> not a bad concept.
>
> For example, I?d want to opt out of recovery with account creation
> date. If anyone knows the date my gmail account was created, they
> most certainly aren?t me.
>
> OTOH, recovery by receiving a token at a previously registered
> alternate email address seems relatively secure to me and I wouldn?t
> want to opt out of that.
>
> (( many more snipped ))

I would definitely opt-out from any kind of "secret questions" that I
couldn't type by myself.

Many many sites still think this is a good idea.

Best regards.