The first three have to do with where you filed for your SSN. When someone wants to validate you are who you say, they ask you a couple questions that everyone knows (name, phone, etc), and then the über secure, “What’s the last four of your SSN?”Įveryone verifies you now via the last four of your SSN! You want a bunch of help desk personel (maybe even off-shore) to have the last four of your SSN? Yeah… didn’t think so.Īlso, not sure if you already know this or not, but the last four of your SSN are the ONLY numbers that are serial. Well, maybe for more elaborate things, like opening a line of credit, but not for any of your day-to-day stuff. My best guess is that they never put any real thought into this, because the last four digits of a social security number is the most important part!Īsk yourself, “Why do you guard your SSN so tightly?” and you’ll probably come back with something like, “I don’t want people to steal my identity”. Generally the response is, “well, it’s ok because it’s not the full SSN”. I’m going to put this next part on it’s only line to reaaaaly stress my point:ĭON’T EVER STORE THE LAST 4 OF AN SSN IN CLEAR TEXT!įirst we need to ask ourselves “why” they think it’s ok to do this. Companies are storing the last four digits of a users social security number in a data repository in clear text. ![]() ![]() There is a situation that seems too common in this industry.
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