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Stop Treating Phone Numbers As A Digital ID (notthesolution.substack.com)
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[–] corroded@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Technology exists to keep all your personal data exceptionally secure. Modern encryption is incredibly difficult to break (impossible really).

Humans are fundamentally insecure. Any time you read about a data leak, it's because somebody stupidly opened an attachment or fell for a scam. Any time someone gets "hacked," they didn't. They gave away their information. Human error and a lack of education are the problems.

[–] sevon@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

While I also disagree with the claim that technology is "fundamentally" insecure, it's unfortunately not that often made by smart and caring people.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

While I also disagree with the claim that technology is “fundamentally” insecure

For pretty much everyone other than perhaps the CIA and Mosad, it is.