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I always thought security questions were a ploy to get you to take surveys without explicitly being told you were taking a survey. If your bank (or any company
by nickjj 9y ago
I always thought security questions were a ploy to get you to take surveys without explicitly being told you were taking a survey.
If your bank (or any company who has your gender and birthday) asks you what your favorite color is, they could now come up with stats such as "83% of women in between the ages of 23 and 38 prefer purple". That type of data could be sold to and be used by clothing vendors and other businesses.
It's also 1 more data point collected on your private life.
- blisterpeanuts 9y agoPossibly, but at least some people don't actually give real answers. It's better to have a set of nonsense words for these "security questions". Much safer to say your mom's maiden name is Zxxxxxy6ghjki.
- llukas 9y agoIn EU they need to explicitly state that data is collected and reason. Data uses for authentication cannot be used for marketing.