Diners club switches to passwords

[Eric Murray]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:50:30AM -0400, Adam Shostack wrote:
> I just called Diner's Club, and was suprised to be asked for a
> password to (replace? supplement?) my mother's maiden name.
> 
> Is this something that Citibank in general is doing?  How long before
> this becomes a standard of due care?  Also, I'm curious what the
> forgot-my-password recovery mechanisms will be...


Mother's maiden name. 


Eric