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My Teacher's Maiden Ice Cream Flavor? Huh?

Slate scribe pans online security queries

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 30, 2008 12:49 PM CST

(Newser) – Odds are good that your bank has, at some point, asked for your mother’s maiden name. Security questions are as ubiquitous, Slate’s Josh Levin writes, as they are absurd. Coming up with easy-to-remember, but hard-to-guess, questions is nearly impossible. Paris Hilton’s account,...   Read full story »

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