@AT1ST @dplattsf @pjohanneson @thomasfuchs Good points. The fact a mother’s maiden name is considered a security secret is crazy. Birthdays too. (But to be safe, I get my Facebook birthday greetings on the wrong day. Everyone should have a real birthday and a social media public birthday.) 🎂
@hunterhacker @dplattsf @pjohanneson @thomasfuchs I mean, part of what likely made one's mother's maiden name a go-to security question is that historically, at least among British/American/Canadian/German culture that I'm aware of, it's effectively destructing information; like DRM, it became harder and harder to find documentation on what it was, especially if you weren't part of the family in question...which still has the name.
What's made it less secure is making it more easily traceable -