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Hackers may have leaked the Social Security Numbers of every American (www.engadget.com)
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[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

I mean, this is where a biometric identity authentication system would be beneficial, but like fucking hell if I trust any current entity, government or private, to run it securely for anyone's benefit and not sell the data to 3rd parties or keep it secure.