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Comment on All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat

jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Instead of new SSNs, how about we maybe the number less risky in general?

It should never have served as a “secret”. Authenticating someone needs more than some account number. SSN should be more of a “username”, not a password.

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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
It was never meant to part of any kind of database, but banks and businesses found a loophole to that a long ass time ago and now we’re here.

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- wicked@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  What do you think it’s meant for? It’s a perfect fit for any database that needs to uniquely identify a person.
  
  The problem is using it as authorization without any other checks.
  
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  - Holytimes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    It’s not a perfect fit for anything that requires security. It was never meant to be a SECURE identifier. Just AN identifier.
    
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kinther@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
CGP Grey’s video - the worst ID system in america

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erp8IAUouus

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