How do I set my security question?

[evunifat]

When I enter something..it doesn't say confirmed or anything how do I know if it has been set?

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[BTCtalkScammerDetective]

You just enter it I don't think it confirms it.

[goozman96]

The question is, why would you want a security question? They're notorious for being easy points of attack if someone guesses your answer.

[visualelite]

Maybe he fell more safe if the question is set.

[zedicus]

The question is, why would you want a security question? They're notorious for being easy points of attack if someone guesses your answer.

It really is a bad idea to have a security set. Whatever you to be the answer of the security question will be the defacto password to your account, as with it someone could reset your password then change the recovery email and security question.

[Brewins]

A hacker could get access to your account then edit all your posts where you posted an address, and delete all your PMs, and change email. Account not recoverable, unless you have the secret question.

Put random characters as your secret keys, then print and save it like it was a paper wallet with 100 BTC may be a good way to save your account if everything else go in the wrong way.

[malevolent]

A hacker could get access to your account then edit all your posts where you posted an address, and delete all your PMs, and change email. Account not recoverable, unless you have the secret question.

He wouldn't be able to delete and edit posts made in the Auctions child-board, and deleting a PM from the Outbox doesn't make it magically disappear from the recipient's Inbox (and there are forum backups, too).

[jambola2]

A hacker could get access to your account then edit all your posts where you posted an address, and delete all your PMs, and change email. Account not recoverable, unless you have the secret question.

He wouldn't be able to delete and edit posts made in the Auctions child-board, and deleting a PM from the Outbox doesn't make it magically disappear from the recipient's Inbox (and there are forum backups, too).

As malevolent said, the PM won't be deleted if one person deletes it.

It will be deleted if both people delete it and though they are backups, they most likely will not be checked for a single person.

Theymos has said in the past that you should send a PM to an account that will never delete it.

I recommend sending it to DefaultTrust and then saving the PM id.

[Coef]

A hacker could get access to your account then edit all your posts where you posted an address, and delete all your PMs, and change email. Account not recoverable, unless you have the secret question.

He wouldn't be able to delete and edit posts made in the Auctions child-board, and deleting a PM from the Outbox doesn't make it magically disappear from the recipient's Inbox (and there are forum backups, too).

As malevolent said, the PM won't be deleted if one person deletes it.

It will be deleted if both people delete it and though they are backups, they most likely will not be checked for a single person.

Theymos has said in the past that you should send a PM to an account that will never delete it.

I recommend sending it to DefaultTrust and then saving the PM id.

In case someone is wondering, here is the post theymos mentioned that.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=642008.msg7169449#msg7169449

It's best to include it naturally in a post. But if you can't, you can send a PM to an account that won't delete it (you could use DefaultTrust for this). After you send it, check your outbox and make a note of the PM's ID (visible in the quote URL).