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Just this week, I had to sign into a service for a very large transaction I'm privy to. My password? The last 4 of my social. It's unbelievable how dumb so many

• cge 5y ago
  I'm in Ireland at the moment, where the health system, and vaccination process, appears to use mother's maiden name as a de facto password. There is no option to change it. It is often asked in person, and so can't be used as a placeholder. For business reasons, my mother has her parents' last name, I have hers, and this fact is easily discovered online with a few minutes research...
• specktr 5y ago
  On a similar note, I setup my utility account this week. It was suggested by the representative that I use the last 4 digits of my SSN as a pin for my account. Pretty disappointing how short sighted many companies are when it comes to security practices.
  • smsm42 5y ago
    That's because if somebody gets in, it's not their problem for having lax authorization, it's your problem for being "victim of identity theft" and all the burden of proving it wasn't you rests on you. It costs them nothing to give out horrible advice, so they do it.