On: The man who wrote the book on password management regrets the error

[vinceguidry]

Sites with stupid Javascript isn't half the problem that mobile is. I still can't make in-app purchases on my iPhone because every time I try, Apple makes me put in my security question answers, which are random strings just like the passwords are, and then I get "your request has timed out."

Really I should be thanking Apple though for helping me save money.

[epistasis → vinceguidry]

I'm not familiar with the experience that you're describing; does an in-app purchase itself prompt security questions directly? Or do you need to reset your AppleID password and that's why you're getting security questions?

[jandrese → epistasis]

It probably needed those questions answered once, but he can't answer them in time so his account is stuck in the "needs to verify" state.

[vinceguidry → jandrese]

I managed to get it once, somehow, only to be asked again the next time.