Paywall removed: https://archive.is/T7xXg
Every year for the past decade, we’ve had a major hack involving millions of American’s private info.
It’s getting impossible to remember I’m how many times Ive been on those lists.
Thank you Americans for providing yet another great example to point to, when arguing that holding private data centrally will inevitably lead to it being stolen.
If a vulnerability in a system exists, then eventually someone WILL try to exploit it.
Maybe use the number for Social Security taxes & benefits only and stop tying everything else to it, which I believe is actually illegal.
Easy, just have such terrible credit that it’s basically worthless
Taps forehead
In a system that requires you to give your private keys to the other person for authentication, you basically have to revoke and generate new credentials every time you auth.
So basically we need to get a new passport or drivers license or social security number after every time we take a photo of it or let someone else scan it.
So basically its impossible to protect yourself in this environment
