Comments on: Predicting Social Security Numbers from Public Data http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/07/predicting-social-security-numbers-from-public-data.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:44:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: joe http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/07/predicting-social-security-numbers-from-public-data.html/comment-page-1#comment-64424 joe Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:32:10 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=17976#comment-64424 My bank recently asked me to say the last four of my SSN to verify my identity. I told them I didn't think my SSN was much of a secret and could they instead ask me something else. And they were happy to ask me something else. @Jon: SSNs can still be used to ID people, that's what they're for... it's the using them as *authenticators* (passwords) that's the problem. My bank recently asked me to say the last four of my SSN to verify my identity. I told them I didn’t think my SSN was much of a secret and could they instead ask me something else. And they were happy to ask me something else.

@Jon: SSNs can still be used to ID people, that’s what they’re for… it’s the using them as *authenticators* (passwords) that’s the problem.

]]> By: Jon Sheck http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/07/predicting-social-security-numbers-from-public-data.html/comment-page-1#comment-64419 Jon Sheck Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:01:08 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=17976#comment-64419 Hopefully this is the final nail in the coffin to STOP the Social Security Number from being improperly used by both government and private companies as a form of ID for everything from drivers licenses, passports, utilities, bank accounts, etc,. Hopefully this is the final nail in the coffin to STOP the Social Security Number from being improperly used by both government and private companies as a form of ID for everything from drivers licenses, passports, utilities, bank accounts, etc,.

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