> We need to stop treating knowledge of public data like this as some sort of identity metric. I love how it's easier to steal my identity than to intercept my

> We need to stop treating knowledge of public data like this as some sort of identity metric. I love how it's easier to steal my identity than to intercept my encrypted web traffic. Society really could do with a cryptographically sane method of authentication - think an PKI-type verification but in replacement for '100 points of id' / Social Security Number / Tax File Number etc. Surely the cost of implementation wouldn't outweigh the cost of identity theft and other types of fraud which can occur due to the current flawed system? Maybe the costs are/would be paid for by different parties, but indirectly we all pay for them through insurance premiums and taxes which cover the (preventable) financial damage anyway.