At this point I have to think my SSN is just public info and I’d hope nobody treats it like “my password” in any serious way.
Still worth treating as securely as a password, as you pointed out, but I’d hope it’s used to protect my own security in any way.
Pretty much, yes. Worse case it is in a data dump you can buy for a hundred bucks .
I should add these were SSNs of clients/customers.
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At this point I have to think my SSN is just public info and I’d hope nobody treats it like “my password” in any serious way.
Still worth treating as securely as a password, as you pointed out, but I’d hope it’s used to protect my own security in any way.
Pretty much, yes. Worse case it is in a data dump you can buy for a hundred bucks .
I should add these were SSNs of clients/customers.