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Why does the SSN has to be secret? Is that a legacy thing ? Or maybe a product of not everyone having id ? Would the combo name + DOB + county of birth be equ
by dopidopHN 3y ago
Why does the SSN has to be secret? Is that a legacy thing ?
Or maybe a product of not everyone having id ?
Would the combo name + DOB + county of birth be equivalent as unique identifier ?
Just trying to get context, I also lived in place where SSN are not a big deal because they are not used to prouve anything
- wildrhythms 3y agoUnfortunately, and much to the detriment of the American people, many companies have been using SSN (or the last 4 digits, etc) as a password of sorts for decades. And with just a SSN + some other simple identifying information, an attacker could persuade a customer service representative to give them control of an account that is 'secured' in this way.