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Why do banks still use “mother’s maiden name” for security? Unless you are carful, your mothers maiden name is readily available from Acenstry.com and similar sites, even if you have never used the site. It may also be up on Mylife.com even if you have never been to the site. You would be hard pressed to learn my mother’s name, let alone her maiden name because I am an internet minimalist (most people are not). Those of you that post everyhing about yourselves on facebook are just asking for identity theft, because odds are you have given away your full name, birthdate and where you where born so anyone can go to the county and learn the names of your parents and your mother's maiden name right off your birth certificate. Most women hyphenate their name these days. So, if your mother’s married name is Marry Shoemaker-Braun, is it not so hard to figure out that her maiden name is “Shoemaker”. “Mother’s maiden name” is somewhat sexist and out of date, do you think? Unless a woman is from a country that is dominantly Christian, she likely never changed her last name anyway. In fact, less than 25% (or so) of the worlds’ women adopt the surname of their husband. My wife is from Burma (Myanmar). They do not even have surnames in Burma. My son is adopted. He has my last name. What would he give them if they asked for his “Mother’s maiden name”? Should we just make something up? Maybe we should use my wife’s mother’s given name, or my grandmothers’ middle name. Those are obscure enough.

Why do banks still use “mother’s maiden name” for security? Unless you are carful, your mothers maiden name is readily available from Acenstry.com and similar sites, even if you have never used the site. It may also be up on Mylife.com even if you have never been to the site. You would be hard pressed to learn my mother’s name, let alone her maiden name because I am an internet minimalist (most people are not). Those of you that post everyhing about yourselves on facebook are just asking for identity theft, because odds are you have given away your full name, birthdate and where you where born so anyone can go to the county and learn the names of your parents and your mother's maiden name right off your birth certificate. Most women hyphenate their name these days. So, if your mother’s married name is Marry Shoemaker-Braun, is it not so hard to figure out that her maiden name is “Shoemaker”. “Mother’s maiden name” is somewhat sexist and out of date, do you think? Unless a woman is from a country that is dominantly Christian, she likely never changed her last name anyway. In fact, less than 25% (or so) of the worlds’ women adopt the surname of their husband. My wife is from Burma (Myanmar). They do not even have surnames in Burma. My son is adopted. He has my last name. What would he give them if they asked for his “Mother’s maiden name”? Should we just make something up? Maybe we should use my wife’s mother’s given name, or my grandmothers’ middle name. Those are obscure enough.

Why do banks still use “mother’s maiden name” for security? Unless you are carful, your mothers maiden name is readily available from Acenstry.com and similar sites, even if you have never used the site. It may also be up on Mylife.com even if you have never been to the site. You would be hard pressed to learn my mother’s name, let alone her maiden name because I am an internet minimalist (most people are not). Those of you that post everyhing about yourselves on facebook are just asking for identity theft, because odds are you have given away your full name, birthdate and where you where born so anyone can go to the county and learn the names of your parents and your mother's maiden name right off your birth certificate. Most women hyphenate their name these days. So, if your mother’s married name is Marry Shoemaker-Braun, is it not so hard to figure out that her maiden name is “Shoemaker”. “Mother’s maiden name” is somewhat sexist and out of date, do you think? Unless a woman is from a country that is dominantly Christian, she likely never changed her last name anyway. In fact, less than 25% (or so) of the worlds’ women adopt the surname of their husband. My wife is from Burma (Myanmar). They do not even have surnames in Burma. My son is adopted. He has my last name. What would he give them if they asked for his “Mother’s maiden name”? Should we just make something up? Maybe we should use my wife’s mother’s given name, or my grandmothers’ middle name. Those are obscure enough.

Why do banks still use “mother’s maiden name” for security? Unless you are carful, your mothers maiden name is readily available from Acenstry.com and similar sites, even if you have never used the site. It may also be up on Mylife.com even if you have never been to the site. You would be hard pressed to learn my mother’s name, let alone her maiden name because I am an internet minimalist (most people are not). Those of you that post everyhing about yourselves on facebook are just asking for identity theft, because odds are you have given away your full name, birthdate and where you where born so anyone can go to the county and learn the names of your parents and your mother's maiden name right off your birth certificate. Most women hyphenate their name these days. So, if your mother’s married name is Marry Shoemaker-Braun, is it not so hard to figure out that her maiden name is “Shoemaker”. “Mother’s maiden name” is somewhat sexist and out of date, do you think? Unless a woman is from a country that is dominantly Christian, she likely never changed her last name anyway. In fact, less than 25% (or so) of the worlds’ women adopt the surname of their husband. My wife is from Burma (Myanmar). They do not even have surnames in Burma. My son is adopted. He has my last name. What would he give them if they asked for his “Mother’s maiden name”? Should we just make something up? Maybe we should use my wife’s mother’s given name, or my grandmothers’ middle name. Those are obscure enough.

Why do banks still use “mother’s maiden name” for security? Unless you are carful, your mothers maiden name is readily available from Acenstry.com and similar sites, even if you have never used the site. It may also be up on Mylife.com even if you have never been to the site. You would be hard pressed to learn my mother’s name, let alone her maiden name because I am an internet minimalist (most people are not). Those of you that post everyhing about yourselves on facebook are just asking for identity theft, because odds are you have given away your full name, birthdate and where you where born so anyone can go to the county and learn the names of your parents and your mother's maiden name right off your birth certificate. Most women hyphenate their name these days. So, if your mother’s married name is Marry Shoemaker-Braun, is it not so hard to figure out that her maiden name is “Shoemaker”. “Mother’s maiden name” is somewhat sexist and out of date, do you think? Unless a woman is from a country that is dominantly Christian, she likely never changed her last name anyway. In fact, less than 25% (or so) of the worlds’ women adopt the surname of their husband. My wife is from Burma (Myanmar). They do not even have surnames in Burma. My son is adopted. He has my last name. What would he give them if they asked for his “Mother’s maiden name”? Should we just make something up? Maybe we should use my wife’s mother’s given name, or my grandmothers’ middle name. Those are obscure enough.

Why do banks still use “mother’s maiden name” for security? Unless you are carful, your mothers maiden name is readily available from Acenstry.com and similar sites, even if you have never used the site. It may also be up on Mylife.com even if you have never been to the site. You would be hard pressed to learn my mother’s name, let alone her maiden name because I am an internet minimalist (most people are not). Those of you that post everyhing about yourselves on facebook are just asking for identity theft, because odds are you have given away your full name, birthdate and where you where born so anyone can go to the county and learn the names of your parents and your mother's maiden name right off your birth certificate. Most women hyphenate their name these days. So, if your mother’s married name is Marry Shoemaker-Braun, is it not so hard to figure out that her maiden name is “Shoemaker”. “Mother’s maiden name” is somewhat sexist and out of date, do you think? Unless a woman is from a country that is dominantly Christian, she likely never changed her last name anyway. In fact, less than 25% (or so) of the worlds’ women adopt the surname of their husband. My wife is from Burma (Myanmar). They do not even have surnames in Burma. My son is adopted. He has my last name. What would he give them if they asked for his “Mother’s maiden name”? Should we just make something up? Maybe we should use my wife’s mother’s given name, or my grandmothers’ middle name. Those are obscure enough.

Why do banks still use “mother’s maiden name” for security? Unless you are carful, your mothers maiden name is readily available from Acenstry.com and similar sites, even if you have never used the site. It may also be up on Mylife.com even if you have never been to the site. You would be hard pressed to learn my mother’s name, let alone her maiden name because I am an internet minimalist (most people are not). Those of you that post everyhing about yourselves on facebook are just asking for identity theft, because odds are you have given away your full name, birthdate and where you where born so anyone can go to the county and learn the names of your parents and your mother's maiden name right off your birth certificate. Most women hyphenate their name these days. So, if your mother’s married name is Marry Shoemaker-Braun, is it not so hard to figure out that her maiden name is “Shoemaker”. “Mother’s maiden name” is somewhat sexist and out of date, do you think? Unless a woman is from a country that is dominantly Christian, she likely never changed her last name anyway. In fact, less than 25% (or so) of the worlds’ women adopt the surname of their husband. My wife is from Burma (Myanmar). They do not even have surnames in Burma. My son is adopted. He has my last name. What would he give them if they asked for his “Mother’s maiden name”? Should we just make something up? Maybe we should use my wife’s mother’s given name, or my grandmothers’ middle name. Those are obscure enough.

Why do banks still use “mother’s maiden name” for security? Unless you are carful, your mothers maiden name is readily available from Acenstry.com and similar sites, even if you have never used the site. It may also be up on Mylife.com even if you have never been to the site. You would be hard pressed to learn my mother’s name, let alone her maiden name because I am an internet minimalist (most people are not). Those of you that post everyhing about yourselves on facebook are just asking for identity theft, because odds are you have given away your full name, birthdate and where you where born so anyone can go to the county and learn the names of your parents and your mother's maiden name right off your birth certificate. Most women hyphenate their name these days. So, if your mother’s married name is Marry Shoemaker-Braun, is it not so hard to figure out that her maiden name is “Shoemaker”. “Mother’s maiden name” is somewhat sexist and out of date, do you think? Unless a woman is from a country that is dominantly Christian, she likely never changed her last name anyway. In fact, less than 25% (or so) of the worlds’ women adopt the surname of their husband. My wife is from Burma (Myanmar). They do not even have surnames in Burma. My son is adopted. He has my last name. What would he give them if they asked for his “Mother’s maiden name”? Should we just make something up? Maybe we should use my wife’s mother’s given name, or my grandmothers’ middle name. Those are obscure enough.

Why do banks still use “mother’s maiden name” for security? Unless you are carful, your mothers maiden name is readily available from Acenstry.com and similar sites, even if you have never used the site. It may also be up on Mylife.com even if you have never been to the site. You would be hard pressed to learn my mother’s name, let alone her maiden name because I am an internet minimalist (most people are not). Those of you that post everyhing about yourselves on facebook are just asking for identity theft, because odds are you have given away your full name, birthdate and where you where born so anyone can go to the county and learn the names of your parents and your mother's maiden name right off your birth certificate. Most women hyphenate their name these days. So, if your mother’s married name is Marry Shoemaker-Braun, is it not so hard to figure out that her maiden name is “Shoemaker”. “Mother’s maiden name” is somewhat sexist and out of date, do you think? Unless a woman is from a country that is dominantly Christian, she likely never changed her last name anyway. In fact, less than 25% (or so) of the worlds’ women adopt the surname of their husband. My wife is from Burma (Myanmar). They do not even have surnames in Burma. My son is adopted. He has my last name. What would he give them if they asked for his “Mother’s maiden name”? Should we just make something up? Maybe we should use my wife’s mother’s given name, or my grandmothers’ middle name. Those are obscure enough.

Why do banks still use “mother’s maiden name” for security? Unless you are carful, your mothers maiden name is readily available from Acenstry.com and similar sites, even if you have never used the site. It may also be up on Mylife.com even if you have never been to the site. You would be hard pressed to learn my mother’s name, let alone her maiden name because I am an internet minimalist (most people are not). Those of you that post everyhing about yourselves on facebook are just asking for identity theft, because odds are you have given away your full name, birthdate and where you where born so anyone can go to the county and learn the names of your parents and your mother's maiden name right off your birth certificate. Most women hyphenate their name these days. So, if your mother’s married name is Marry Shoemaker-Braun, is it not so hard to figure out that her maiden name is “Shoemaker”. “Mother’s maiden name” is somewhat sexist and out of date, do you think? Unless a woman is from a country that is dominantly Christian, she likely never changed her last name anyway. In fact, less than 25% (or so) of the worlds’ women adopt the surname of their husband. My wife is from Burma (Myanmar). They do not even have surnames in Burma. My son is adopted. He has my last name. What would he give them if they asked for his “Mother’s maiden name”? Should we just make something up? Maybe we should use my wife’s mother’s given name, or my grandmothers’ middle name. Those are obscure enough.