[Gllug] how safe is linux against identity thief

[Andrew Farnsworth]

On Tue Mar 24 10:44 , "John Winters"  sent:

>> One of the most stupid security measures adopted by banks is to ask for
>> your mothers maiden name
>
>I was amused by a phishing e-mail which I got recently which claimed that
>I needed to "re-validate my logon" because "one of your pieces of security
>information - i.e. mother's maiden name - has changed"
>
>I struggled to come up with a scenario in which anyone's mother's maiden
>name could change.

John,
  The only case I can think of is if you discover / learn that your mother is not
really your mother... i.e. you are adopted or some such.  Possibly Adoption (of
you) could also change your mother and, hence, your mother's maiden name.  I
guess either of these could also happen to your mother, hence changing her maiden
name.  But the chances of either of these occurring are vanishingly small.

Andrew Farnsworth
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