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I think the more urgent thing is to not use the social security number both as the ultimate secret, and also as a number you must give to hundreds of people.
by guappa 3y ago
I think the more urgent thing is to not use the social security number both as the ultimate secret, and also as a number you must give to hundreds of people.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agoI think the more urgent thing is to end world hunger.
- CatWChainsaw 3y agoThat. I'm in favor of stopping this societal wave of making phone numbers the equivalent of digital SSNs (they're critical for digital life, everyone wants them, nothing good happens when you hand them out that freely).
- yieldcrv 3y agonon sequitur, make a different thread for that cause
- chgs 3y agoNot sure what sms one time codes has to do with this story either
- yieldcrv 3y agoIt’s one of the MFA methods Apple allows
- guappa 3y agoWell if you fine companies for using SMS for security… you should put the CEO in jail for authenticating with social security number… if we go by just the number of people who get affected by skimmed SMS and by stolen ssn.
- klabb3 3y ago> both as the ultimate secret, and also as a number you must give to hundreds of people Don’t forget the final nail in the coffin, which completes the trifecta: it’s entirely immutable - damage radius = infinite.