Focusing on the wrong problem [LWN.net]

Focusing on the wrong problem

Posted Jul 18, 2005 1:18 UTC (Mon) by xoddam (subscriber, #2322)
In reply to: Focusing on the wrong problem by martinfick
Parent article: The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act

> It is simply a bad idea to use an unchangeable secret such as a SS#
> as proof of ID for authentication.

Soooo correct. That this is standard practice in the US beggars belief.
Anywhere else I've been the idea of 'identity theft' is an abstract
curiosity, but Americans are actually afraid of it. Hmmm.

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