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US Studying Ways To End Use of Social Security Numbers For ID (securityweek.com)
wiredmikey quotes a report from Security Week: U.S. officials are studying ways to end the use of social security numbers for identification following a series of data breaches compromising the data for millions of Americans, Rob Joyce, the White House cybersecurity coordinator, said Tuesday. Joyce told a forum at the Washington Post that officials were studying ways to use "modern cryptographic identifiers" to replace social security numbers. "I feel very strongly that the social security number has outlived its usefulness," Joyce said. "It's a flawed system." For years, social security numbers have been used by Americans to open bank accounts or establish their identity when applying for credit. But stolen social security numbers can be used by criminals to open bogus accounts or for other types of identity theft. Joyce said the administration has asked officials from several agencies to come up with ideas for "a better system" which may involve cryptography. This may involve "a public and private key" including "something that could be revoked if it has been compromised," Joyce added.
...we freak everybody out and make something using the number 6, but like, three times in a row.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
You'll be able to conveniently use your social security number to get your new id number.
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
Blockchain. All the cool kids are doing it! Say it with me... Blockchain!
The underlying reason: they wanted a unique identifier in their database.
Dear gas utility, my SSN is: select sys_guid() from dual;
Little Bobby Tables is always up to something.