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Re:Hackers may have leaked the Social Security Numbers of ev... by mschuster91 on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @10:06AM (#41246248)
The problem is that y'all unlike most/all of Europe don't have a requirement for people to possess a government issued ID card with a picture on it.

In Europe, we use these as "root of trust" - either in physical form or in electronic form.

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Re:Hackers may have leaked the Social Security Numbers of ev... by Jensson on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @10:34AM (#41246563)
> The problem is that y'all unlike most/all of Europe don't have a requirement for people to possess a government issued ID card with a picture on it.

You aren't required to posses one in Europe either, but you get assigned a unique number at birth to identify you.

Of course life is hard without identification, but there is no law mandating that you get one, at least not in all EU countries maybe some of them do.

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