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Hackers may have leaked the Social Security Numbers of every American (www.engadget.com)
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[–] Uli@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Social security number is the public key, now just issue everyone a private key. Boom. Fixed.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Excuse me, grandma, we need to verify your private ssn-key or we will have to charge you $5,000.

Boom. Broke. ;)

[–] Uli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Zero day exploits, to be expected. Obvious simple solution, just upgrade grandma firmware.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I… am cautiously curious how that process works.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s a flash of the grandmother Hardware Interface Protocol.

You’ve never heard of a HIP replacement?