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> What was the subdomain I X’d out of his message? Just my Social Security number. I’d been doxed via DNS. That would freak me the fuck out wow.
Then it is apparently to the owner of said number to worry if it leaked.
> What was the subdomain I X’d out of his message? Just my Social Security number. I’d been doxed via DNS. That would freak me the fuck out wow.
It always amazes me that in the US there is such a weak identification system, relying on a single number. Then it is apparently to the owner of said number to worry if it leaked.
Offer Govs/LEO/Biz an alternative that will allow them stronger & less visible influence over the public and it will be adopted yesterday.
> What was the subdomain I X’d out of his message? Just my Social Security number. I’d been doxed via DNS. That would freak me the fuck out wow.
It always amazes me that in the US there is such a weak identification system, relying on a single number. Then it is apparently to the owner of said number to worry if it leaked.
> What was the subdomain I X’d out of his message? Just my Social Security number. I’d been doxed via DNS. That would freak me the fuck out wow.
It always amazes me that in the US there is such a weak identification system, relying on a single number. Then it is apparently to the owner of said number to worry if it leaked.
My identification number is algorithmically derived from place and date of birth, first and last name and gender. Anybody who knows my address and has heard someone greeting me happy birthday can guess mine with two-three trials corresponding to the closest hospitals. But that doesn't worry me, because I don't fear identity theft, it just doesn't exist in Italy.
Instead, as a result of America's allergy to ID, they are essentially the only country where identity theft is a thing.
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Iirc some ppl used it to extract his credit report from experian - we need better govt identification than just a few numbers
I'm surprised that governments aren't using some kind of 2FA tokens for peoples' identities, while credit cards are.
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It always amazes me that in the US there is such a weak identification system, relying on a single number. Then it is apparently to the owner of said number to worry if it leaked.
US Social Security cards used to say "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" but I guess it's just too hard to pass up a good primary key.
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US Social Security cards used to say "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" but I guess it's just too hard to pass up a good primary key.
When I was first enrolled at University of Illinois of Chicago in 1985, your SSN was your student ID. You could log in to the mainframe using your SSN in the username field (although thankfully, the actual user ID was a sequentially assigned five-digit number and not the SSN. I was U10754). I think around 1986 or 1987, universities were instructed to stop using SSNs as student ID numbers.
And around 2005 they actually mostly stopped.
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It always amazes me that in the US there is such a weak identification system, relying on a single number. Then it is apparently to the owner of said number to worry if it leaked.
The problem is that it's a username that is used as a password. In Europe you'd use some kind of tax identification number plus a physical copy of an ID card or driving license. My identification number is algorithmically derived from place and date of birth, first and last name and gender. Anybody who knows my address and has heard someone greeting me happy birthday can guess mine with two-three trials corresponding…
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US Social Security cards used to say "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" but I guess it's just too hard to pass up a good primary key.
When I was first enrolled at University of Illinois of Chicago in 1985, your SSN was your student ID. You could log in to the mainframe using your SSN in the username field (although thankfully, the actual user ID was a sequentially assigned five-digit number and not the SSN. I was U10754). I think around 1986 or 1987, universities were instructed to stop using SSNs as student ID numbers.
I had to point out to him after class that was a rather boneheaded idea (I'm sure I was a bit more polite than that).