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2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed (www.tomsguide.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I like how my social security card explicitly says not to be for identification and tax purposes only. But I need for absolutely fucking everything and to identify I'm a citizen. Can hardly sign up for a new email without a SSN. (Exaggerating of course about the email)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

to identify I'm a citizen.

It's kinda worse than that

it's used to authenticate yourself as a citizen.

My SSN should at most be an ID, no different from a name. I can identify myself as Darth Vader or 4200-69-1337, but that shouldn't matter, because I should never be able to authenticate myself as either of those.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I think you miss typed a number, that one doesnt seem to be working