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> full personnummer, which is similar to a social security number in the US It's similar in the sense that it's a unique number assigned to each person, but th
by nemetroid 6y ago
> full personnummer, which is similar to a social security number in the US
It's similar in the sense that it's a unique number assigned to each person, but the fact that it's publicly available means that it cannot be used as authentication.
- ptman 6y agoAnd SSN shouldn't be used as authentication either. It's too easy to steal, too hard to change. We have a similar issue with Finnish Personal Identity Codes, which are legally public, but there are restrictions related to their processing. Which leads to the common misunderstanding that they're secret, so they're used for authentication. It's a mess. https://hetueiolesalasana.fi/en.html https://hetueiolesalasana.fi/en.html