catculation@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoScary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark webwww.macworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkScary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark webwww.macworld.comcatculation@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoIt’s almost like the gov should replace the SSN system with something that addresses modern security concerns.
minus-squareyessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoIt baffles the mind the the USA doesn’t have a plain old photo ID
minus-squareAgeroth@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoThere is, just on a state level which does nothing for a nation with 50 of the fuckers
minus-squareAtmaJnana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ID_Act
minus-squareAgeroth@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoOh yeah, the federal identification card you can only get by… providing your social security card.
minus-squareAtmaJnana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 months agoNot a federal ID, but a federal standard for State IDs. And not “only”, but SocSec card is one of the several forms of ID you could use. Not required and not enough by itself.
minus-squareDupree878@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoTell me how I can get a star ID or a passport without a Social Security card I can’t even donate plasma without my Social Security card
It’s almost like the gov should replace the SSN system with something that addresses modern security concerns.
It baffles the mind the the USA doesn’t have a plain old photo ID
There is, just on a state level which does nothing for a nation with 50 of the fuckers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ID_Act
Oh yeah, the federal identification card you can only get by… providing your social security card.
Not a federal ID, but a federal standard for State IDs. And not “only”, but SocSec card is one of the several forms of ID you could use. Not required and not enough by itself.
Tell me how I can get a star ID or a passport without a Social Security card
I can’t even donate plasma without my Social Security card