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Experian was hacked and 168 million Americans had all of lives information stolen - the data that is supposed to verify who I am and tracks all of my financial

Experian was hacked and 168 million Americans had all of lives information stolen - the data that is supposed to verify who I am and tracks all of my financial life, everywhere I've ever lived and of course my social security number. Not one thing to fix this was done. Anyone could buy my information and be me, NOTHING was done to fix this insanely huge problem.

cyanydeez 2y ago
America cares very little about actual security beyond military nukes.
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
  I would qualify your statement this way. In my experience, National Security tends to mean the security of (primarily) the US Gov and (secondarily) Gov contractors and major campaign donors. National Security applies to individuals when justification is needed to deploy systems that surveil Americans (not suspected of a crime).
- ipython 2y ago
  Even then, the priority for nukes is availability not “security” - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_action_link https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_action_link > For a long time the U.S. military resisted the use of PALs. It feared the loss of its own independence, and it feared malfunction, which could put warheads out of action in a time of crisis.
wruza 2y ago
But they can’t fake notarization, can they? What I’m getting from your comment is that they can send a screenshot of your id and that’s enough. If so, it is indeed a problem on the employers/legislation side. Expecting your numbers to not leak was a bad plan from the beginning. You should be able to publish these without any serious consequences for anyone involved (apart from deanonymization-related issues basically). I’m also heavily “leaked”, but nobody can do anything with my numbers without actual counterfeiting. I could share my ids here if not for pseudonymity. The fact that your identity can be legally hired into a company without your proven id hard copies, that’s the root of the problem, imo.
- Spooky23 2y ago
  It’s pretty trivial to commit a variety of frauds against you, and moderate difficult to get valid ID impersonating you. I worked with a non-federal US government entity that employed many investigators who spent 80% of their time looking into what you’re talking about. With the exception of simple frauds addressed with facial recognition (usually people impersonating dead or disabled relatives to avoid consequences of DWI or divorce), they felt that they weren’t scratching the surface. The US is plagued by stupid right wing people who think that ID is satanic, and stupid left wing people who think that ID by nature will marginalize poor people. Because we’ve allowed the federal government to outsource ID to the states, the US is stuck with inadequate identity framework for a long time.

cyanydeez 2y ago

America cares very little about actual security beyond military nukes.

WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
I would qualify your statement this way. In my experience, National Security tends to mean the security of (primarily) the US Gov and (secondarily) Gov contractors and major campaign donors. National Security applies to individuals when justification is needed to deploy systems that surveil Americans (not suspected of a crime).
ipython 2y ago
Even then, the priority for nukes is availability not “security” - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_action_link https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_action_link > For a long time the U.S. military resisted the use of PALs. It feared the loss of its own independence, and it feared malfunction, which could put warheads out of action in a time of crisis.

wruza 2y ago

But they can’t fake notarization, can they? What I’m getting from your comment is that they can send a screenshot of your id and that’s enough. If so, it is indeed a problem on the employers/legislation side. Expecting your numbers to not leak was a bad plan from the beginning. You should be able to publish these without any serious consequences for anyone involved (apart from deanonymization-related issues basically). I’m also heavily “leaked”, but nobody can do anything with my numbers without actual counterfeiting. I could share my ids here if not for pseudonymity. The fact that your identity can be legally hired into a company without your proven id hard copies, that’s the root of the problem, imo.

Spooky23 2y ago
It’s pretty trivial to commit a variety of frauds against you, and moderate difficult to get valid ID impersonating you. I worked with a non-federal US government entity that employed many investigators who spent 80% of their time looking into what you’re talking about. With the exception of simple frauds addressed with facial recognition (usually people impersonating dead or disabled relatives to avoid consequences of DWI or divorce), they felt that they weren’t scratching the surface. The US is plagued by stupid right wing people who think that ID is satanic, and stupid left wing people who think that ID by nature will marginalize poor people. Because we’ve allowed the federal government to outsource ID to the states, the US is stuck with inadequate identity framework for a long time.