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Hackers may have leaked the Social Security Numbers of every American
(www.engadget.com)
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Social security number is the public key, now just issue everyone a private key. Boom. Fixed.
Excuse me, grandma, we need to verify your private ssn-key or we will have to charge you $5,000.
Boom. Broke. ;)
Zero day exploits, to be expected. Obvious simple solution, just upgrade grandma firmware.
I… am cautiously curious how that process works.
It’s a flash of the grandmother Hardware Interface Protocol.
You’ve never heard of a HIP replacement?
Bravo.