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Maybe it's time to regulate privacy to make the retention of personally-identifying information illegal for companies that have no need to retain it. PII should
by kibwen 4y ago
Maybe it's time to regulate privacy to make the retention of personally-identifying information illegal for companies that have no need to retain it. PII should be considered legally radioactive. There's no excuse for a mere wireless carrier to need your SSN.
- fooqux 4y agoOr maybe it's time to do away with SSN as a form of authentication. If there is a single person in the US that hasn't had theirs be stolen by now, I'd be shocked. I can revoke a cert that has been compromised. I don't understand why we don't have a similar procedure set up for my PII.
- koolba 4y agoT-Mobile does not require any identification to get a prepaid phone line. You can submit whatever name you'd like for the line. There's no SSN requested either. Any requirements imposed at a local store are specific to your State. If you really want to get one without providing any PII, get the line in a different State. Not providing information is the first step of limiting the blast radius of data leaks.
- fooqux 4y agoThis is not just about T-mobile. This problem is systemic.