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Hackers may have leaked the Social Security Numbers of every American (www.engadget.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] witheyeandclaw@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The highest credit bureaus in the US have beaten them to the punch!

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 4 weeks ago

I think it was only one of them

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] valaramech@fedia.io 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago

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.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 4 weeks ago

eIDs are coming. Be careful what you wish for.