> I'd really like to see a solution to how we validate ourselves to banks and other financial institutions as it becomes apparent that Social Security numbers a

> I'd really like to see a solution to how we validate ourselves to banks and other financial institutions as it becomes apparent that Social Security numbers are no longer an effective barrier to identifying a person. They were never intended as anything more than a payroll identifier. This was known since its inception [that it was unsafe]. Its simply a question of the scale of exploitation is larger with computers. The underlying problem is security is a cost center and no one wants to pay for it.