The new iPhone Dev Center forces a challenge response system. This is a problem at the best of times, but it’s especially bad when the available questions are so lame.
What is the name of your hometown?
Google will give you this.
What did you study in college?
Google will give you this. Or you could just guess. It isn’t really a mystery.1
What was your first job?
Google will give you this.
Favorite pet’s name?
You can’t find this on Google, but you could ask any of my friends.
Name of oldest sibling?
Google will give you this.
I’d rather lose access to an account forever than have someone else get into it. This kind of system needs to remain optional. So whatever’s in the iPhone Dev Center? I won’t see it. The only impact on me that the reorganization had was locking me out.
- Hint: A lot of other software developers probably studied the same thing. [↩]
Why not fill the answer with garbage data?
I guess that’s probably the thing to do. I don’t like being dishonest, but it isn’t like another human will ever see those.
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