Your Social Security number has already been hacked. Why do we still have them?
Despite a wealth of security breaches and the fact that the numbers were never particularly secret, plenty of institutions still treat them like passwords. In an email to Fast Company, Mike Chapple, an associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations writes, “This widespread sharing of our Social Security Numbers makes them completely unsuitable for use as proof of our identities.”
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