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catculation@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Scary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark web

www.macworld.com

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Scary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark web

www.macworld.com

catculation@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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Data breach occurred two weeks ago.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13810367

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    I think it’s related maybe to some anti terrorism law? In certain EU countries for example it’s impossible to get an anonymous SIM due to some anti terrorism legislation. SSNs are the only legal identification I guess?

    This is a random guess off the top of my head. IANAL or know anything specific on US law.

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      SSN isn’t supposed to be used as a form of ID. Even says so on an SS card.

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        Yeah, about that.

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      What’s IANAL? Is it some new Apple product I don’t know about yet?

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        I am not a lawyer*

        • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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          No, no:
          iMac
          iBook
          iPhone
          iAnal

          It’s a joke, I guess.

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