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Re:The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack by jorgeortiz85 on Monday July 20, 2009 @01:34AM (#714007)
It boggles the mind that SSNs and CC#s are supposed to be secret. You, literally, give them out to anyone who asks.
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Re:The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack by derefr on Monday July 20, 2009 @04:27AM (#714145)
Most people give out their passwords to anyone who asks as well (e.g. the "password for a chocolate bar" test.) People just aren't in the habit of asking for that.
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