I have a hotmail account. I’ve had it since 1996, so there’s some nostalgia there, but it’s garbage. Sure it looks smoother than it did in 1996, but it’s still the same old weak sauce with the same basic features it had a decade ago.

My suggestion is to come up with a system that makes sense to you. If it asks for your favorite pet’s name, maybe the answer could be “nail biting” or “chocolate lab”. You just have to remember how you translated the secret question.