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I'd say some Americans. Social Security Numbers and Credit Cards kind of get people going, but basically anything else elicits a "meh." Shocking and sad that th
by jsgo 8y ago
I'd say some Americans. Social Security Numbers and Credit Cards kind of get people going, but basically anything else elicits a "meh." Shocking and sad that the Equifax hack and bungling didn't get more people going than it did.
- ams6110 8y agoBecause most people really aren't affected. I've experienced no negative consequences of the Equifax hack, nor several other major leaks that I was included in (OMB to name one). I'm not happy about the situation, but it's also not affected me directly, yet.
- jsgo 8y agoI think my hope, with the massive amount of SSN data that Equifax has, was that we'd see the SSN system being looked at to convert to something almost like a private/public key type of system where if someone obtains someone's SSN, another one can be generated pretty painlessly with the old revoked and can be linked back to the owner. I know the primary issue is that the SSN wasn't intended for the use case it is used in, but we're at the point now that it is so probably best to protect it in a manner that protects the user/owner.