Social security number is the public key, now just issue everyone a private key. Boom. Fixed.
Hackers may have leaked the Social Security Numbers of every American
Submitted 8 months ago by bot@lemmy.smeargle.fans [bot] to hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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Uli@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
ravhall@discuss.online 8 months ago
Excuse me, grandma, we need to verify your private ssn-key or we will have to charge you $5,000.
Boom. Broke. ;)
Uli@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Zero day exploits, to be expected. Obvious simple solution, just upgrade grandma firmware.
taanegl@beehaw.org 8 months ago
May have? Son, I’m in the midst of convincing my countrymen to get the hell away from US vendors, because the words “conflict”, “of” and “interests” means nothing to US officials or businesses when put together.
No, you don’t let the people who handle data also share in the spoils of data brokerage - albeit through stock ownership or shared assets.
At the end of the day, yes, the US will leak data, because security is a cost and data is of value. Money printer go brrr.
ravhall@discuss.online 8 months ago
Everyone from every country will get hacked. If you think you can’t be hacked, you just don’t know you’ve been hacked. That’s how hacking works 🤷♂️
taanegl@beehaw.org 8 months ago
…but we’re talking about leaks, and nobody leaks user and consumer data like US companies.
What was your point? “Everyone gets hacked, so might as well leak”?
YeetPics@mander.xyz 8 months ago
Maybe we should change the name. A quick rebranding may be just what the doctor calls for. Maybe one of these;
Public Security number
Social Insecurity number
RedC@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Awesome.
Hazzia@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Equifax 2.0
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Wow who could have forseen this happening especially with everyones data being centralised in one giant database.