Re:DOJ: Hackers broke into an SEC database and made millions...
by tetrep on Thursday January 17, 2019 @10:09AM
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> This is easy to solve; simply make it illegal to use the identification number so capriciously.
Hmmmmm, that sounds familiar... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number#/media/...
While it wasn't law, I don't see why legislature wouldn't renege on their promise to not use a unique identifier, already conveniently assigned to all people, for identification purposes.
Re:DOJ: Hackers broke into an SEC database and made millions...
by darkpuma on Thursday January 17, 2019 @11:28AM
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Yes that's what I had in mind. It worked that time too, the general public accepted SSNs.
Maybe it's cynical, but I don't believe there is any limit on how many times you can lie to the public. There's only a limit to the frequency.
This is easy to solve; simply make it illegal to use the identification number so capriciously. Define a narrow use-case for it, narrow enough to allay religious fears, and forbid anything other use if the ID number. Make it illegal to require customers to provide their ID number while making purchases, etc.
But once you do that, most of the desire to implement the system starts to disappear...