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As the threat against financial security grows ever more complex, so do the details that banks use to keep our money safe and out of reach of the scammers.
Financial institutions are pushed into delving further into our personal lives (disclosing detail we would never dream of sharing online, maybe that's the point) in order to safeguard against data thieves and assure it's genuinely you who is accessing the account.
But are security questions becoming TOO intimate?
We already know that banks require details such as your mother's maiden name, the name of your first pet, where your parents met, What's the name of your favorite actor etc but asking 'Who was your first kiss?' and 'Who was your school crush? Questions that could potentially ignite highly emotional reactions from loved ones or worse.
More recently we've discovered some really odd questions from institutions all over the world...
Where is your great grandmother buried?
What was your hair color as a child?
What is the license plate (registration) of your dad!!!8217;s first car?
What sports team do you love to see lose?
What is the name of your least favorite relative?
So we ask you; What's the craziest security questions you!!!8217;ve been asked?
Originally posted by MSE Jessica
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Never had these questions in my life!
'Where was your first holiday?' is one my service provider asks....
And several other people/institutions ask me for a password when I sign up, and if I pick say cucumberlettuce333, they say, give us the first, third, and fifth characters, so it would be c, c, and m. Or the first, second, and seventeenth, so it would be c, u, and 3.
First kiss? School crush? I can't even remember! Dad's first car reg? How the hell should I know that?
Some people may not even know where their gran is buried either?
Are these for real?
Surely not.
As an aside, why has the original post got so many American spellings? Are you American Jessica?