Maybe we stop using it as an identifier as it was never supposed to be?
Check the article first. It’s not just SSNs that potentially got compromised.
You could reissue every social security number and Americans will still be fucked by this. Basically every piece of info used as security questions is part of this leak. Address, familial ties, banking info, etc.
We need to completely redo how we verify financial identity.
Clickbait headline.
SSNs have been understood to not be a reliable “secret” for years and were never intended to be one.
The solution has always been to quite treating them that way, not to repeat the same mistake of creating yet another database full of new SSNs which would also be quickly compromised.
I don’t think this remotely qualifies as a clickbait headline. The exact claim, word for word, is made by a sufficiently credible expert that they’re citing in the article.
I’m not saying you can’t disagree with the expert. By all means, make your case. But don’t call it clickbait. This is absolutely valid reporting. Your disagreement is with the person they’re reporting on, not the people doing the reporting.
