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I think the real problem is that we have no definitive way to prove who we are. A SSN is fine and all but it's just a number that anyone can obtain and say they
by optimuspaul 9y ago
I think the real problem is that we have no definitive way to prove who we are. A SSN is fine and all but it's just a number that anyone can obtain and say they are me. We need key pairs or some way to prove that when we are requesting credit that we are in fact the person that we say we are. Until that happens the systems is exploitable by even the most inept of criminals.
- 24gttghh 9y agoI wrote to my senator about this solution weeks ago and have yet to receive an actual reply. I think the problem is figuring out the transition from SSN's to something like key pairs/TOTP. How do we securely establish the "new" identity and pair it to the old SSN? Do we even bother and just start from scratch?