> the social security number [..] contains verbatim the date of birth and sex (and city of birth) of the citizen Italy does that, as I understand it is meant t

> the social security number [..] contains verbatim the date of birth and sex (and city of birth) of the citizen Italy does that, as I understand it is meant to be easier to remember and it was created in a time where thing were very different. I agree that it poses issues now, but at least it makes clear that the code is not supposed to be a password.