← Back to context Comment by acchow 9 months ago Not only an identifier, many places use it as a secret. 5 comments acchow Reply chii 9 months ago Plenty of places also use mother's maiden name as a password/secret too. beretguy 9 months ago DBA at my previous job wanted to use SSN as a primary key. I felt like I’m talking to a child trying to convince him not to do that. cbsmith 9 months ago Which is dumb. Aeolun 9 months ago One could argue criminal.Feel like it’s kinda like my bank using my email as the password or something. cbsmith 9 months ago You're not wrong.
beretguy 9 months ago DBA at my previous job wanted to use SSN as a primary key. I felt like I’m talking to a child trying to convince him not to do that.
cbsmith 9 months ago Which is dumb. Aeolun 9 months ago One could argue criminal.Feel like it’s kinda like my bank using my email as the password or something. cbsmith 9 months ago You're not wrong.
Aeolun 9 months ago One could argue criminal.Feel like it’s kinda like my bank using my email as the password or something. cbsmith 9 months ago You're not wrong.
Plenty of places also use mother's maiden name as a password/secret too.
DBA at my previous job wanted to use SSN as a primary key. I felt like I’m talking to a child trying to convince him not to do that.
Which is dumb.
One could argue criminal.
Feel like it’s kinda like my bank using my email as the password or something.
You're not wrong.