>The sheer scale is incomparable. Comparing a doctor's mistake during a surgery doesn't quite compare to losing the data of 147 million.
Then, companies shouldn't have such a high concentration of risks in one place.
The problem wouldn't be such a disaster if just SSN wasn't enough to get a loan. For example, if we had a password in addition to SSN (stored in a hashed form), the problem would be much less severe.
Then, companies shouldn't have such a high concentration of risks in one place.
The problem wouldn't be such a disaster if just SSN wasn't enough to get a loan. For example, if we had a password in addition to SSN (stored in a hashed form), the problem would be much less severe.