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Crusade To Dump Social Security Numbers Picks Up Steam
Posted on 06/07/2006 @ 14:54:06
in Identity Theft.
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Even before the disclosure of the active duty losses, Gartner VP Avivah Litan told the Committee on Veteran's Affairs that this ripoff demonstrates just how vulnerable some of the nation's most sensitive data is.
"This incident also shows that the Social Security number has become an extremely unreliable piece of information and cannot be trusted to be unique to an individual. Companies should not rely on Social Security numbers alone as proof of individual identity," Ms. Litan said. "As many as one-in-seven adult Social Security numbers in the U.S. may already have been compromised."
Nearly all the states have enacted laws restricting use of Social Security numbers, or are working on them. Universities have led the way (for once), purging the numbers from databases. Even the feds are entertaining a variety of approaches to restrict SSN use for identification… at least for Medicare.
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OK, I agree, let's kill the ssn completely. The program was sold as "not for identification" so let's get back to that!
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