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The Social Security Number dilemma: How can it be fixed?
Breaches of personal information have become so commonplace that they’re often accepted with a “ho-hum” attitude, That is, until the massive hacking of 145 million Americans’ personal data, including Social Security numbers, at credit monitoring and reporting service Equifax. The shear size of the data breach and its potential to do harm to so many Americans has finally prompted an urgent national discussion on how Social Security numbers should be replaced as the primary means of identification and authentication by financial institutions, healthcare providers and numerous others. This article by Lily Hay Newman appears at www.wired.com and explains that replacing Social Security numbers won’t be easy, but it’s worth it. Click here to read more.
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