2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed - eviltoast
Stolen data was then put up for sale on the dark web
  • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    3 months ago

    to identify I’m a citizen.

    It’s kinda worse than that — it’s used to authenticate yourself as a citizen.

    My SSN should at most be an ID, no different from a name. I can identify myself as Darth Vader or 4200-69-1337, but that shouldn’t matter, because I should never be able to authenticate myself as either of those.