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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months ago

Hackers may have leaked the Social Security Numbers of every American

www.engadget.com

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Hackers may have leaked the Social Security Numbers of every American

www.engadget.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months ago
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A huge data leak may include the Social Security Numbers and other personal data of every American.
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  • witheyeandclaw@lemmy.sdf.org
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    The highest credit bureaus in the US have beaten them to the punch!

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      That Mr. Burns “invincible” gag, except instead of diseases it’s identity thieves crowding each other out.

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      I think it was only one of them

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    Again?

    Numbers didn’t change, no reason to reinvent the wheel.

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    I feel like we need more secure than a handful of numbers account for our entire life.

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      Social Security Numbers were never intended to be used the way they are. They were expressly for identifying you to the Feds for the purpose of SSI. Business just looked at that and said “hey, that’s a good way to identify people” and ignored the feds when they asked politely for them to fucking not.

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        Yup, I get the history and Gov’ment went along withit.

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      I mean, this is where a biometric identity authentication system would be beneficial, but like fucking hell if I trust any current entity, government or private, to run it securely for anyone’s benefit and not sell the data to 3rd parties or keep it secure.

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      eIDs are coming. Be careful what you wish for.

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    aw hell yeah! I didn’t need that anyway.

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    Cool, cool rust-darkness

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    this-is-fine

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    111-11-1111. 111-11-1112 too ez

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