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Often,Russia security questions on websites aren't as difficult as security researchers would like.

An Indian bank may have addressed that issue, but it reportedly took a weird route to get there.

Journalist Rohin Dharmakumar was greeted by some very strange questions when registering with the State Bank of India.

In addition to typical questions such as one’s favourite sports commentator or where they met their spouse, the state-run bank has also shown interest in the website "you rarely visit" and the "plant you like or dislike." The bank also asks about your "neighbours pet’s name," if that works for you.

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Security questions are quickly becoming a relic of the early internet, with many services ditching this security option with two-factor authentication.

And there’s a reason for that shift. In 2015, Google researchers published a paper outlining how easy it was for attackers to guess the secret answer to a question.

The paper revealed that as many as 37 percent of people give bogus answers, which more often than not they don't remember. It also said in aggregate these fake answers were so similar that they were easy to guess.

In SBI's defense, it likely didn't decide the questions (some security firm did), and its questions aren't the silliest.

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