leaking all SSNs makes relying on SSNs as authentication unfeasible,
the only way to stop SSNs being authentication token is to give everyone access to them, but yes that can cause short term troubles
The concept of having SSN is de facto wrong, there are situations where one needs to identify oneself unambiguously
I went to another country, and what I found is that to get a monthly bus pass I had to fill out a form that asked for:
Full Name + Gender + Date of birth + Place of birth + Mother's Maiden name + Mother's DOB + Mother's place of birth
(and so on) I forgot the exact details, but it was ludicrously intrusive. Mother's maiden name? Really??? I did not even know some of that info and filled it out with educated guesses. It is not like they were able to check ...
leaking all SSNs makes relying on SSNs as authentication unfeasible,
the only way to stop SSNs being authentication token is to give everyone access to them, but yes that can cause short term troubles
The concept of having SSN is de facto wrong, there are situations where one needs to identify oneself unambiguously
I went to another country, and what I found is that to get a monthly bus pass I had to fill out a form that asked for:
Full Name + Gender + Date of birth + Place of birth + Mother's Maiden name + Mother's DOB + Mother's place of birth
(and so on) I forgot the exact details, but it was ludicrously intrusive. Mother's maiden name? Really??? I did not even know some of that info and filled it out with educated guesses. It is not like they were able to check ...
all that information is just an unreliable SSN