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Many years ago as a teenager I was opening my first bank account. Mother's maiden name was one of the fields. This seemed intrinsically insecure. So I filled o

Many years ago as a teenager I was opening my first bank account. Mother's maiden name was one of the fields. This seemed intrinsically insecure. So I filled out 'banana' and made a mental note. The bank actually called home, I was not home, said the field hadn't been filled out, and requested the information from a family member. I was stunned.

himlion 9y ago
Those "mental notes" always work really well for me when lose my bank password 5 years later and try to restore the account.
- zhte415 9y ago
  Me too. For things like password, you can cycle them. For fields like maiden name, you can't.