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Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by crottypeter on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @06:58AM (#13875214)
Public record is not the same as google-able.

Security questions by default often include Mother's Maiden name.

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Re:Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tr... by jaredklewis on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @10:10AM (#13876183)
Right which is why that has always been and will always be a miserable security question.

There has never been a point in the past 20 years when someone's maiden name was difficult to find.

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