Edit: I accidentally refreshed the page and it offered alternative questions for ID validation, such as high school of graduation and SSN. But it’s still absurd to expect someone to even humor the premise of the prompt.

  • HobbitFoot
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    16 days ago

    It is probably something to confuse automated systems. A person could figure out their astrological sign easily by knowing their birthday. A computer attempting to brute force attack would probably be less likely to know how to answer the question.

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      16 days ago

      A person could figure out their astrological sign easily by knowing their birthday.

      The best thing to do during a security check is to google how to know your astrology sign.