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Comment by SketchySeaBeast | Hacker News Reader

That sounds like the right solution to me - it's the "correct horse battery staple" of this problem. I'm going to start using this. 4 names all put together - pronounceable over the phone, visibly viable, and uniquely generated for each instance.

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Perhaps something like this?

Q: "What is your mothers maiden name?"

A: "Do not provide access under any circumstances unless this exact key is provided: WEWQEWQ321312"

But that doesn't give me an opportunity to say "Mrs. Sebastian Winifred Campershamp".

There are some quirky name generators elsewhere on the internet. Perhaps you could mash some of the firstname lastname combinations together?

That's my thought. Now we need to get a KeePass extension that does that. It'd be even better if it generated where you went to high school and your first pet's name as well. Though that too could be Mrs. Sebastian Winifred Campershamp.

> Mrs. Sebastian Winifred Campershamp

Definitely more plausible as a pets' name than a maiden name.

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This is a very Corgi name.

muffled voice with strong accent, from call center, over long distance VOIP line which should be perfect clarity but mysteriously isn't, loud background noises, crackles

"Sorry I did not hear, but there seems to be a problem with our computer system I am getting an error message instead of a name, please can you call back later".

Screen shows them: "Do not provide access und" 25 character silent truncation.

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