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To add to this, prior to the internet it really wasn't that bad of a "password". Once upon a time vacuuming up batches of SSNs for nefarious purposes wasn't a r
by puglr 5y ago
To add to this, prior to the internet it really wasn't that bad of a "password". Once upon a time vacuuming up batches of SSNs for nefarious purposes wasn't a realistic attack scenario, let alone a "just assume every criminal has your SSN" one.
- throaway46546 5y agoThey were always a terrible password. https://www.usrecordsearch.com/ssn.htm https://www.usrecordsearch.com/ssn.htm
- rtkwe 5y agoIt's mostly a terrible password because it's immutable if it weren't it's a quasi random 9 digit code that's hard to map from a person's current information back to what their SSN is.
- throaway46546 5y agoIf you know when and where someone was born you can figure out the first 5 digits.