The point is, if you're answering these honestly, if an attacker knows your mother maiden's name and which hospital you were born in from attacking Comcast, now

The point is, if you're answering these honestly, if an attacker knows your mother maiden's name and which hospital you were born in from attacking Comcast, now they can use this info to reset your bank password. If you had different answers on these different services, attackers are still at square one in terms of getting your bank info. Honestly, I don't know if there's a point to having these questions. At least one security expert feels similarly: https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2005/02/the_curse_of_the_sec.html https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2005/02/the_curse_o...