Has anyone calculated at the current rate of leaks how long would it take for every human on earth to be in some of these lists?
Maybe companies should stop using these things for verification and start allowing people to use cryptography more efficiently.
If a bank gives a credit card to someone who says they're me, based on only on my SSN, I don't see why that should be my problem. It's between the bank and whomever they gave the card to. If they don't know who they actually gave it, well then it sounds like they need to improve their process.
But it becomes my problem because it's my credit score that gets ruined.
I guess it could be "we need a selfie video of you reading this 6 digit number aloud".
Companies and governments could verify me live to authenticate my public keys.
What we need is a means that others can be sure it really is us and we can sure that actions we have taken are credited to us and those we did not are not.
In effect we will need a system by which we have instant notification; similar to how some CC providers mail or text you each transaction; and historical tracking so that we can prove when we did or did not.
However there are not many unique methods to physically identify people short of dna transfer. I know that people bring up Minority Report whenever facial recognition comes up but that wasn't the tech they used, they used iris recognition.
So we break down each action and assign a value to how secure and verified it must be and work our way up from there. Similar to how self driving cars are defined, on a level of one to five how secure must an action be before its accepted
So because you don't value privacy and choose not to control you personal data, nobody else deserves privacy or to control their personal data?
I took it as a "it's there anyway and there's no point for me to pretend that it is not".
There are lots of things in our lives that we don’t deserve but we have to deal with.
I keep some data extremely securely, just not the data that I think will get out anyways.
Privacy is important, there are things that must be kept confidential, but the basic facts of a person’s existence are not necessarily among them.
Quite a few, including a good percentage of my relatives.
One is particularly good at it. Aside from the wages his employer reports to the federal government, property ownership records, and an SSN, he simply doesn't exist.
His get paid each week in cash. Doesn't have a bank account or credit card. Because of his lifestyle and the type of vehicle he uses, he doesn't need a driver's license, registration, or insurance. His home has solar panels, a propane generator, and a well, so no utilities. I don't know what he does about trash service, but having seen the town, I wouldn't be surprised if it's still legal to burn your garbage on your property.
He's happy. Not paranoid that I can tell. He just lives a simple life where satisfaction comes from reading books and improving his mind, and not from hoarding electronic gadgets and social media thumbs to prove his worth.