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I'm glad you hit the main points, but you did not offer any solutions, and I think partial encryption is one that is really important to lay out. Our social se
by sova 9y ago
I'm glad you hit the main points, but you did not offer any solutions, and I think partial encryption is one that is really important to lay out. Our social security numbers and valued information (that cannot be changed, like where you were born) need to be encrypted all the time, not just when convenient.
- Nomentatus 9y agoEncryption is good. Even better, for credit cards, use reference numbers from the CC company instead that identify an individual account (to the CC company) but aren't the number can't be used for obtaining credit, just discussing the account. Encryption fine, but better not to store volatiles at all if you don't have to.
- loeg 9y agoEncryption doesn't really help when 1/3 of Americans' SSNs have been publicized already. It's shutting the barn doors after the horses are long gone. SSN needs to be at most a username, rather than a credential.
- sova 9y agoTrue, but whatever supplants SSNs must be safeguarded via partial encryption.