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Re:The Equifax breach may be the worst leak of personal info... by rsync on Friday September 08, 2017 @01:38PM (#15202328)
"This ID seems just as insecure as a SSN"

There is a big difference: that ID is being used as a username whereas our SSNs are (usually) used as passwords.

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Re:The Equifax breach may be the worst leak of personal info... by chipperyman573 on Friday September 08, 2017 @01:49PM (#15202411)
Oh, that makes sense. What do you guys use for passwords?
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Re:The Equifax breach may be the worst leak of personal info... by rtuulik on Friday September 08, 2017 @02:09PM (#15202585)
SHA and PIN.

For online verification(banking, contracts, taxes, voting etc) you need both physical card and PIN at the same time.

Otherwise it works just as any other normal ID.

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