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Any entity using SSN and DOB as identity verification should be solely liable for any loss caused by fraud.
No, the US has far more religious fundamentalists than the EU. They believe that such a system is tantamount to taking the Mark of the Beast, quoting Revelation 13:16-17: > And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has…
This is just nonsense. Where are you coming up with this theory? Everyone has an ssn already wouldn’t that qualify for the mark?
Biblical prophecy finds way to legislators in battle over ID plan http://archive.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2007/03/...
> Fears about the federal government and the mark of the beast stretch back 100 years. ... The fears are anchored in St. John's warnings about the Roman government -- which conducted census surveys in Jesus' time -- that are recorded in Revelation, he said.
> "Whenever you have an active government that seems like it's trying to gather data on its citizens or take away certain freedoms, pretty often this particular prophesy is cited," he said.
>Can we please have this in the US? No, because a significant amount of people in the USA think any kind of federal identification system is the "mark of the beast" from the biblical book of Revelation.
You're as ignorant as the people you mock.
As usual they don't say how this was accomplished. They call it "sophisticated" but it probably was just stupid or lazy, which is very common in most corporate hacks. Big companies don't really care much about security since it costs money and rarely causes much trouble to your stock price and exec compensation. The people who suffer are those whose data is compromised and have no idea it happened.
Someone did put the blame on COVID! Not sure if it is Tmobile or Reuters From a Reuters article on same news https://www.reuters.com/technology/hackers-steal-some-person... > T-Mobile’s data breach is the latest high-profile cyberattacks as digital thieves take advantage of security weakened by work-from-home policies due the COVID-19 pandemic
No, the US has far more religious fundamentalists than the EU. They believe that such a system is tantamount to taking the Mark of the Beast, quoting Revelation 13:16-17: > And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has…
This is just nonsense. Where are you coming up with this theory? Everyone has an ssn already wouldn’t that qualify for the mark?
When bar codes were introduced there was religious fervor and resistance about the mark of the beast on every product - its a real and persistent meme among the christian crazy.
No, the US has far more religious fundamentalists than the EU. They believe that such a system is tantamount to taking the Mark of the Beast, quoting Revelation 13:16-17: > And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has…
The EU has a federated public key cryptography based identity system. The member states recognize identities issued by other member states, but there is no central system. In any case, the private key is stored on a plastic ID, which acts as a smart card and can be hooked up to a smartphone/PC for identity verification and document signing online. The key is only released with a PIN, and the databases online only sto…
Better yet, why does my cell phone provider need all this information about me anyway? Why is there an ID involved at all?
IDs are only required if you want a post-paid plan and/or monthly financing for your phone. It's a rotating line of credit.
In addition to changing your T-Mobile PIN, I recommend freezing your credit with all three credit reporting agencies. It's easy and free.
https://www.experian.com/freeze/center.html
https://www.transunion.com/credit-freeze
https://www.equifax.com/personal/credit-report-services/cred...
No, the US has far more religious fundamentalists than the EU. They believe that such a system is tantamount to taking the Mark of the Beast, quoting Revelation 13:16-17: > And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has…
This is just nonsense. Where are you coming up with this theory? Everyone has an ssn already wouldn’t that qualify for the mark?
Yes, the SSN is already used as a very weak form of identification, something it was never intended to.
Are you approaching this from a logical standpoint?