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Scary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark web (www.macworld.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13810367

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[–] friend_of_satan 32 points 7 months ago (11 children)

It's almost like the gov should replace the SSN system with something that addresses modern security concerns.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago (5 children)

It baffles the mind the the USA doesn't have a plain old photo ID

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

There is, just on a state level which does nothing for a nation with 50 of the fuckers

[–] AtmaJnana 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ID_Act

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, the federal identification card you can only get by... providing your social security card.

[–] AtmaJnana 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Not a federal ID, but a federal standard for State IDs. And not "only", but SocSec card is one of the several forms of ID you could use. Not required and not enough by itself.