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> This is not proof of identity. What is it then? I've seen it used as a quasi-password by car hire companies to access driving license history.
by noja 9y ago
> This is not proof of identity.
What is it then?
I've seen it used as a quasi-password by car hire companies to access driving license history.
- maxerickson 9y agoThey can use it as a key to the database without treating it as proof of identity. (I don't know that they do, it's just that the one doesn't necessarily follow from the other)
- DINKDINK 9y ago>What is it then? It is the username you are issued by the government. It is solely used to identify you.
- thephyber 9y ago> It is solely used to identify you. Not exactly. It's used to map your Social Security account to other records they have about you. It's not, by itself, identification.
- emodendroket 9y agoIn practice it is not solely used for that.
- nightcracker 9y agoDo you see that thing above your post? "noja"? That's your identity. Your SSN on Hacker News. What proves that it is you to Hacker News is what you type into the password field when you log in.
- noja 9y agoMy username isn't a semi-secret number that I have to guard.