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It'll be treated just as stupidly as Social Security numbers, and soon we'll have biometric data breaches. >sigh< Aside: Social Security numbers should be publ

It'll be treated just as stupidly as Social Security numbers, and soon we'll have biometric data breaches. >sigh< Aside: Social Security numbers should be public now, too. That ship sailed a long time ago and it should be recognized.

bobmcnamara 1y ago
Hey now, at least I'm able to change my social security number and passwords. Good luck changing eyes.
- thayne 1y ago
  Changing your social security number is only slightly easier. Okay, maybe that's hyperbole. But having your SSN exposed isn't a good enough to be able to change it. You have to show it is actively being abused, and you can't address the problems another way.
- lan321 1y ago
  Gotta rotate your access eyelenses every 3 months office policy incoming. /s
- b112 1y ago
  https://youtu.be/nAttA7gzhOI?t=41 https://youtu.be/nAttA7gzhOI?t=41
b00ty4breakfast 1y ago
poor netsec aside, at least I don't leave my social security number lying around every time I touch a door knob.
Buttons840 1y ago
What if people just publicized their own social security number, and then whenever they had to deal with "identity theft", they just pointed out that their SSN is public information and so it was negligent for the company to believe it was them just because of a SSN.
- bdamm 1y ago
  Most doctor's offices just use my name and birthday to assume authorization to transfer sensitive medical information. I kinda feel like privacy is massive "emperor has no clothes" aspect of society.
  - nkmnz 1y ago
    This behaviour is just because their IT system doesn’t allow regular users to search for names, just for birth dates. Then they pick you by name from a list of people with that birthday.
    - anonymars 1y ago
      Names are not unique
      - nkmnz 1y ago
        So what? The person on the counter doesn't care at all about your privacy. They just cannot type your name into a search box, they have to ask for your birth date first before they can select you from a list based on the name that you state afterwards. At least that's the case at many doctor's offices I've been to.
        anonymars 1y ago
        What do you mean so what? How does asking for a name help if it comes back with a list of multiple people with the same name? Adding the birthday makes it (much closer to) unique
    - bdamm 1y ago
      This is nowhere near the only use of the "birthday + name == all info" hack in the US medical industry. It's basically one big giant frat club with shakes and implicit trust all around. Except that it doesn't actually work; you can fake being a doctor to just about any US medical office and get nearly any American's private medical data.

bobmcnamara 1y ago

Hey now, at least I'm able to change my social security number and passwords. Good luck changing eyes.

thayne 1y ago
Changing your social security number is only slightly easier. Okay, maybe that's hyperbole. But having your SSN exposed isn't a good enough to be able to change it. You have to show it is actively being abused, and you can't address the problems another way.
lan321 1y ago
Gotta rotate your access eyelenses every 3 months office policy incoming. /s
b112 1y ago
https://youtu.be/nAttA7gzhOI?t=41 https://youtu.be/nAttA7gzhOI?t=41

b00ty4breakfast 1y ago

poor netsec aside, at least I don't leave my social security number lying around every time I touch a door knob.

Buttons840 1y ago

What if people just publicized their own social security number, and then whenever they had to deal with "identity theft", they just pointed out that their SSN is public information and so it was negligent for the company to believe it was them just because of a SSN.

bdamm 1y ago
Most doctor's offices just use my name and birthday to assume authorization to transfer sensitive medical information. I kinda feel like privacy is massive "emperor has no clothes" aspect of society.
- nkmnz 1y ago
  This behaviour is just because their IT system doesn’t allow regular users to search for names, just for birth dates. Then they pick you by name from a list of people with that birthday.
  - anonymars 1y ago
    Names are not unique
    - nkmnz 1y ago
      So what? The person on the counter doesn't care at all about your privacy. They just cannot type your name into a search box, they have to ask for your birth date first before they can select you from a list based on the name that you state afterwards. At least that's the case at many doctor's offices I've been to.
      - anonymars 1y ago
        What do you mean so what? How does asking for a name help if it comes back with a list of multiple people with the same name? Adding the birthday makes it (much closer to) unique
  - bdamm 1y ago
    This is nowhere near the only use of the "birthday + name == all info" hack in the US medical industry. It's basically one big giant frat club with shakes and implicit trust all around. Except that it doesn't actually work; you can fake being a doctor to just about any US medical office and get nearly any American's private medical data.