3 ms·
And yet, used extensively
by sroussey 2y ago
And yet, used extensively
- advael 2y agoI mean SSNs are the worst possible authentication mechanism and yet we still have to freak out every time they're leaked. Security practices are so utterly backwards everywhere that it's quite apparent no one powerful is incentivised to care even a little bit
- jimmaswell 2y agowhat's the practical alternative?
- immibis 2y agoScanning your digital ID card would be a start, but oHnO that's cOmmUniSM!
- bryanrasmussen 2y agopickpocket's paradise!
- vincnetas 2y agoBut it's not so scalable as online connected DB.
- reginald78 2y agoWouldn't this just result in my digitalid getting lost in the next equifax breech?
- immibis 2y agoDid your credit card get lost in the last one?
- reginald78 2y agoHow would I know one way or the other if it had? I don't have the same number anymore.
- advael 2y agoNot pretending a GUID constitutes a security measure in the first place? It's just not the right tool for the job in any sense
- mnau 2y agoDigital id card for every citizen? My id card can prove identity or sign a document and could for ~10 years. Estonia had it for over 20 years. Just give it to everyone. Today, it can likely be embedded in a cell phone instead of separate physical card.
- Kiro 2y agoWhat do you mean? I don't know of any country except the US where SSN is used for authentication. In my country SSN is public information.
- TechDebtDevin 2y agoWhen I call my bank they verify with my voice. There are further verification for meaningful actions but its still kind of crazy to be using "My Voice is my Password" this day in age.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoBetter than my bank, which tries to ask questions about my life from some lookup service that has incorrect information.
- reginald78 2y agoEspecially since "My Voice is my Passport" was defeated in that movie with a tape recorder and technology at the time. It was never a good idea and even the movie didn't seem to think so. Yet my bank just turned this on for me as well in 2024. Now I have to figure out how to disable it...and will it really be disabled?