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"credit card numbers, bank account information and Social Security numbers." None of these should be sensitive data in the first place. You should be able to w
by rightbyte 4y ago
"credit card numbers, bank account information and Social Security numbers."
None of these should be sensitive data in the first place. You should be able to write it in your HN profile.
Imagine if the gov. just said "We will drop all valid SSN numbers and corresponding name in .txt-file in a year and put on a public ftp-server". Then the fraud issue with SSNs would be gone.
- falcolas 4y agoAgreed. One retail transaction (especially if it involves some form of credit) just about anywhere and it’s no longer a secret.
- thisiscorrect 4y agoThis has essentially been done for the government already, and still these numbers are treated as sensitive.