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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)
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[–] 29 points 2 years 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)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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