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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. Matthew Green‏ @matthew_d_green 8 Sep 2017

      I'm not worried about this Equifax thing. I changed my SSN after the OPM hack, and now it has a letter and a special character.

      49 replies 170 retweets 570 likes
      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 8 Sep 2017
      Replying to @matthew_d_green

      Seriously tho. If we had to scrap all SSNs and start over, what would you suggest?

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        2. Tim Dierks‏ @tdierks 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @matthew_d_green

          SSN isn't a big problem as an account identifier, it's a big problem as an authentication secret.

          3 replies 7 retweets 36 likes
        3. Matthew Green‏ @matthew_d_green 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @tdierks @emptywheel

          What Tim said. I would suggest a national ID, but as usual we're more content to design a bad one through the back door.

          2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
        4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @matthew_d_green @tdierks

          I often wonder if Dems had been offered national registration (and even mandator voting?) if they'd accept national ID.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Matthew Green‏ @matthew_d_green 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @tdierks

          I think it goes against the American ethos and would freak out a lot of consituents. Hard to argue after DACA.

          0 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
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        2. J Pierpont Morgan‏ @pierpont_morgan 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @matthew_d_green

          public keys

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @pierpont_morgan @matthew_d_green

          Actually have a timer running to see how long it'll be before someone says "Blockchain SSN!"

          3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        4. J Pierpont Morgan‏ @pierpont_morgan 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @matthew_d_green

          seriously, though. public key has its virtues.

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        2. Ben Rosengart‏ @fivetonsflax 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @matthew_d_green

          You're asking him to design a security system from scratch on Twitter?

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        3. Matthew Green‏ @matthew_d_green 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @fivetonsflax @emptywheel

          That's the kind of request I can get behind.

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        1. Kaliya-Identity Woman‏ @IdentityWoman 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @matthew_d_green

          To see practical in the real world "done it" alternatives what British Columbia did is quite fantastic. A polymorphic triple blind system.

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        1. Luis Saiz Gimeno‏ @lsaiz 9 Sep 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @matthew_d_green

          Would a SSN secure (physically and digitally) card would work as National ID?

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        1. Kaliya-Identity Woman‏ @IdentityWoman 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @matthew_d_green

          Just wrote a paper about leveraging the Sovrin foundation pair wise public/private key pair system as alternative to "one number"

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        1. Mattpenguin‏ @RotoPenguin 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @matthew_d_green

          Some kind of number that's only used for communication with SSA?

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        1. Steve Syfuhs‏ @SteveSyfuhs 8 Sep 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @matthew_d_green

          Cyanide. Quick and painless.

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