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South Korea has exactly that kind of ID and it is causing a major privacy headache in the country because the number itself tells so much about you. https://en
by wbkang 10y ago
South Korea has exactly that kind of ID and it is causing a major privacy headache in the country because the number itself tells so much about you.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_registration_number https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_registration_number
- coredog64 10y agoUS SSNs used to be that way. The initial prefix was based on where you applied, and the last four were shown like it was nothing (Boeing used my last 4 as part of my UNIX account ID). Instead of 5-9 digits of entropy, you're down to just 2.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoI still don't get why anyone would ever want to treat SSN / national ID numbers as private information. They're usernames, you give them to so many people all the time and they're printed in so many places plain that it's ridiculous to think they should be used as a secret for authentication.
- fnordsensei 10y agoIn Sweden, we were at some point running out of numbers as when there were an unprecedented number of applicants due to the immigration a while back. Someone was interviewed on the subject and said that if they built the system today, they would totally go for randomly generated number sequences rather than relying on a system based on birth date etc.