For what it is worth, I never give my mother's maiden name as a "security"
measure, simply because it is probably less secure than using your first
pet's name or some such. I use a name or word that is not connected with
work or family, essentially a "password"!
I find it incredible that mother's maiden name is used in any form of
security measure. One downside to having lots of different passwords though,
as I am sure many of you are aware, is that you have to remember which one
goes with which. Maybe I should write them down?
Simon Howarth.
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Mother's Maiden Name
And as an italian, where women have kept their birth
name since the seventies following a change in the law
(mostly triggered by tax/ID regulation changes), and
married women have had to revert to using their birth
name in official documents, the whole thing ties me
into discussions whenever asked for. I would also
imagine it'd be hardly useful in smaller communities
where people may know three generations of a family. I
sometime get approached by some old soul saying: "you
belong to so-and-so" mentioning some long-dead
relative I've never met...
Is the UK the only country thinking that your mum's
name is a security feature?
Giovanna Maria Polato
--- "Carter, Antoinette (CCM)"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
Following on from Kirsty's recent comments about
> giving her mother's
> maiden name, it occurred to me that in this day and
> age, when unmarried
> mothers are far from rare, this isn't much of a
> security measure in any
> case.
>
> Antoinette Carter
> Data Protection Officer
>
>
>
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