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In article <s_r_h_i-718B4B.16114323112007@newsgroups.comcast.net>,
 "Shawn H." <s_r_h_i@comcast.net> wrote:

> In article 
> <36a8dc99-ac9d-47c8-8e6b-c913de658b8d@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
>  Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
> 
> > If your cable TV, Internet or phone
> > provider is RCN, you must have received
> > the same serious-sounding letter from
> > them that I did. It says I have a deadline of
> > December 1 to establish a password and
> > provide answers to a couple of security
> > questions, to be used in the future
> > when I call to request service changes,
> > etc.
> > 
> > I'm not going to do anything about it.
> > According to RCN's Q&A at its Web site,
> > if I call in a service request and I
> > don't have the answers to the security
> > questions, they will have to call me
> > back at the phone number given on my
> > account to authenticate my request. That's
> > good enough security for me. 
> 
> What's wrong with RCN's security method? It seems to me, its in your 
> best interest to set up the password. I really don't see what the big 
> deal is or why such a request would scare you.

ever have to call the gas compnay or the electric company or the POTS 
company to give them magic words? I don't think so.

The only service I have that requires a magic word is ADT.