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And for this reason, many SSN verifiers (banks, government agencies, etc) ask for the last 4 digits. Then they store them in a dusty database somewhere and forg
by etjossem 10y ago
And for this reason, many SSN verifiers (banks, government agencies, etc) ask for the last 4 digits. Then they store them in a dusty database somewhere and forget about them until they have to verify identity again, or there's a major breach.
That last part is the part that keeps me up at night.
- Iv 10y agoEven if they didn't, given the number of state-level administrations, I am sure I can get close to the 9999 attempts I need to brute force a code. I wonder how many automated attempts are possible.