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America Keeps Rejecting an ID Card It Already Has
CGP Grey · 14 recommenders · 9 months
CGP Grey explains the history of the US Social Security card and number, and why they became a de facto national ID despite never being meant for it. He also covers why America resists a proper identity card.
Hacker News 读者推荐理由: HN reaches for it in every identity theft and data breach thread as the clearest, most enjoyable short explainer of why SSNs make bad identifiers.
Privacy, surveillance & cybercrimeSocial issues & culturePolitics & history (other)#social security number#identity theft#national id#privacy#cgp grey
“this is the most enjoyable explanation for it I've seen, by CGP Grey”
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