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Re:Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We’re All at Risk by oopsman88 on Sunday August 26, 2018 @12:16PM (#17846512)
The problem is not having one single ID linked to everything, which most countries do. The problem is pretending that ID is a secret, which it is not. It's stupid to treat SSNs as passwords.
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Re:Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We’re All at Risk by groestl on Sunday August 26, 2018 @01:19PM (#17846788)
Yes, parent is confusing identification with authentication.
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Re:Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We’re All at Risk by tusharsoni on Sunday August 26, 2018 @12:35PM (#17846608)
Aadhar is meant to be private but it cannot be used for anything without MFA (unlike SSN). In that sense, Aadhar is not really treated as a password like SSN is.
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Re:Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We’re All at Risk by amf12 on Sunday August 26, 2018 @02:37PM (#17847169)
Aadhar is not meant to be private. It should not be treated a s a private key when you need to give a copy of your card everywhere like your bank, getting a new cell phone sim card, employment, etc. The problem with Aadhar (among other things) is that people think its a secret. Its not supposed to be that way.
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Re:Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We’re All at Risk by tusharsoni on Sunday August 26, 2018 @08:00PM (#17848604)
SSN is meant to be a secret but it's required at all the places you mentioned. At least with Aadhaar, if someone got a copy of my number, it can't be used without MFA.
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Re:Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We’re All at Risk by davchana on Sunday August 26, 2018 @01:47PM (#17846922)
What kind of private it is when DHL holds your international incoming document parcel hostage asking for Aadhar copy for Customs Clearance; then delivery boy insisting on Aadhar photo in his phone for making sure to deliver to right person.
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