Re:What I'm Telling US Congress about Data Breaches
by chiefofgxbxl on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @09:37PM
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It's frustrating enough to see private enterprises using SSN as a form of identification, e.g. getting a lease on my apartment I had to provide my SSN.
What's worse is when government agencies themselves use it, knowing full well the number of recent data breaches. I recently went to the DMV in Colorado to obtain a driver's license (since I moved here from another state). They turned me away because I didn't have my physical social security card with me. I did have my U.S. Passport, which has far more security than a blue card with a number printed on the front of it. And sadly the Colorado DMVs will continue using SSN to identify people, even after hearing about the Equifax breach.
Honestly, a social security card may as well be a post-it-note with the number written in crayon or finger paint.
What's worse is when government agencies themselves use it, knowing full well the number of recent data breaches. I recently went to the DMV in Colorado to obtain a driver's license (since I moved here from another state). They turned me away because I didn't have my physical social security card with me. I did have my U.S. Passport, which has far more security than a blue card with a number printed on the front of it. And sadly the Colorado DMVs will continue using SSN to identify people, even after hearing about the Equifax breach.
Honestly, a social security card may as well be a post-it-note with the number written in crayon or finger paint.