[FDE] What is your favorite security question?

[dan at geer.org]

"Ali, Saqib" writes:
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 | The following rather funny piece on slate talks about various ways
 | banks try to avert phishing and hacking attempt:
 | http://www.slate.com/id/2183030
 | 
 | To sum up:
 | "What was your childhood nickname? Didn't have one, sadly. What is the
 | name of your favorite childhood friend? Do Legos count as a friend?
 | What is your oldest sibling's birthday month? I'm guessing it would
 | take a hacker two tries to get to February."


In the U.S., if the answer to "What was your
mother's maiden name?" is the same as the
last name of the applicant, you can make
book on the race of said applicant.

Freakonomically yours,

--dan