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2017-10-04 -Land of the Free
The White House and Equifax Agree: Social Security Numbers Should Go
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Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-04 06:55|| || Front Page|| [4 views ]  Top

#1 Please provide your 'scan' and simply hit send. Thank you for your Amazon purchase.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-04 07:22||   2017-10-04 07:22|| Front Page Top

#2 This is a good idea.

I'm certain each party to the owner of the SSN should have their own signed SSHash and salt, and the real "SSN" is never revealed, just allowed by it's owner to be salted, hashed and shared.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-10-04 08:00||   2017-10-04 08:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, gold and silver. For many years they were used as legal tender. No matter the imprint or country of origin, their actual value was derived from their weight in ounces or fractions thereof. Credit due the ancients, quite an ingenious system.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-04 08:17||   2017-10-04 08:17|| Front Page Top

#4 as Besoeker implies, biometrics are obviously a better choice for ID; possibly a combination of retina and fingerprint

however, there will have to be a back up
Posted by lord garth 2017-10-04 08:30||   2017-10-04 08:30|| Front Page Top

#5 And when someone cuts off your hand to steal your identity ...
Posted by Rambler in Virginia  2017-10-04 08:56||   2017-10-04 08:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Or your eye...
Posted by Pappy 2017-10-04 09:01||   2017-10-04 09:01|| Front Page Top

#7 then you'll have bigger worries than your ATM limit getting reached by someone else
Posted by Frank G 2017-10-04 09:19||   2017-10-04 09:19|| Front Page Top

#8 And when someone cuts off your hand to steal your identity ...
Or your eye...

Modern (good scanners, not the shit ones on phones) scan up to 7 skin layers deep and are designed to look for blood flow. We used such a system in the two factor authentication system for doctors to digitally send pr3scriptions for schedule 3 drugs to the ph@rmacy as part of a pilot program with the feds so the patients didn't need a physical script.

There is still a problem with this level of security, and especially if it is stored locally, is that all this is still a hash. Hashes can be stolen and used to impersonate another account.

Lots of ways to minimize the risk of this, but the risk of a good biometric system having its data stolen is far, far less than what we have now with passwords and numbers.
Posted by DarthVader 2017-10-04 09:41||   2017-10-04 09:41|| Front Page Top

#9 The DoD uses something like the above as well to authenticate users. You need 3 things to do so.

Something you have
Something you know
Something you are

CAC card. Programed card with your account logon information. Similar to credit/debit cards with the chip in them.

A password or pin

A fingerprint or Iris scan

Nearly impossible for a hacker to get all 3 and a physical imposter could only get the first two.
Posted by DarthVader 2017-10-04 09:44||   2017-10-04 09:44|| Front Page Top

#10 You also need something that generates a NONCE.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-10-04 09:54||   2017-10-04 09:54|| Front Page Top

#11 But...but...but...how will illegal aliens get their forged SS cards if the information is secure?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-10-04 11:06||   2017-10-04 11:06|| Front Page Top

#12 Heh. I've been saying for years that it should be illegal to use or require a SSN for anything but tax purposes.
Posted by Iblis 2017-10-04 12:12||   2017-10-04 12:12|| Front Page Top

#13 Blockchain...
Posted by newc 2017-10-04 12:15||   2017-10-04 12:15|| Front Page Top

#14 I remember dealing with some receptionist type who snappily asked "what's your 'sosh?'" I said "None of your business and stick your in-house slango up your heinie..."
Posted by M. Murcek 2017-10-04 12:31||   2017-10-04 12:31|| Front Page Top

#15 Equifax should go, along with Wells Fargo.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-10-04 12:57||   2017-10-04 12:57|| Front Page Top

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