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Re:Quest Diagnostics says nearly 12M patients may have had d... by freehunter on Monday June 03, 2019 @06:35PM (#20089658)
Exactly. At work I generate different API keys for different purposes, so when/if one gets compromised I can shut it off and generate a new one without all the integrations breaking. Right now SSN is the government's admin/root API key. One compromise and it's game over.

But if my medical ID got stolen I could turn it off and get a new one without invalidating my passport and disqualifying me from a car loan and locking me out of my college transcripts etc.

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Re:Quest Diagnostics says nearly 12M patients may have had d... by FireBeyond on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @04:16AM (#20092997)
Rightly or wrongly, abuse case - drug seeker. Go to doctor, get narcotic prescription. Get new medical ID, go to new doctor, repeat.
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