http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2009/07/09/study-finds-social-security-numbers-to-be-compromised/ The Latest News in Cybersecurity Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:47:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2009/07/09/study-finds-social-security-numbers-to-be-compromised/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Russ B Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:46:35 +0000 http://thenewnewinternet.com/?p=958#comment-50 The statistic I find most interesting is the 40% of the first 5 digits. Why then are we giving out the last 4 digits of our SS# over the phone, on the internet, as passwords, and as logins? I would not give out those last 4 digits if I knew it increases my chance of being exploited by 31.5%. Posted to my blog @ http://tinyurl.com/llcatc The statistic I find most interesting is the 40% of the first 5 digits. Why then are we giving out the last 4 digits of our SS# over the phone, on the internet, as passwords, and as logins? I would not give out those last 4 digits if I knew it increases my chance of being exploited by 31.5%.
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]]> http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2009/07/09/study-finds-social-security-numbers-to-be-compromised/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Social Security Numbers May Not Be So Secure « Counter-Terrorism and Security Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:37:54 +0000 http://thenewnewinternet.com/?p=958#comment-49 [...] parents sent me this link today. It really makes you re-think personal identification. Researchers from Carnegie Melon [...] [...] parents sent me this link today. It really makes you re-think personal identification. Researchers from Carnegie Melon [...]

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