'The questions are not secure, some are public knowledge and some I don't even know the answer to myself,' one user wrote, 'so I would have to fake an answer, which then I won't remember.'Īnother person complained that 'someone certainly didn't put much thought into creating the questions or ability for users to be able to find a question they really could answer.'Īnd a third apparently young user said that 'these questions are ridiculous, and impossible for me to answer. And some are upset that there was no advance warning of this added security measure. A few have suggested that Apple let users choose their own questions. Others are saying they don't even know the answers to certain questions. Some people chiming in on Apple Support Communities say the answers to certain questions are too easy to figure out or are public knowledge. Users are being asked to choose from a tight list of questions, including: Beyond just entering a password, some users are now being asked to choose three security questions and a backup e-mail address when they try to download content.īut it's the selection of questions themselves that appear to be upsetting some of the Apple faithful, according to The Register. A handful of iTunes users aren't too happy about the security questions being thrown at them to verify their accounts.Īpple recently ramped up stricter security measures for iTunes and iOS users in an attempt to prevent accounts from being abused or compromised.