34.1 - Good News: White House cybersecurity coordinator wants to end the use of SSNs as ID

Good News: White House cybersecurity coordinator wants to end the use of SSNs as ID

Starting off the week with some Good News, it seems that the reality is finally sinking in. Speaking at the Washington Post's annual Cybersecurity Summit on October 3, Rob Joyce, who is the White House's cybersecurity coordinator, said the US should end the use of a Social Security number as a form of ID. It has "outlived its usefulness," he said.

Joyce noted that every time you use your Social Security number as ID, it increases the chance it could be compromised - and if it is, you can't even change it.

This is something I've been advocating for a long time and I have for a good number of years been refusing to give my Social Security number to anyone when it is not legally required, which essentially meant my employer, my bank, and the IRS. So it's Good News to see that even TheRump's White House can get something right.