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Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American. Here's how to protect yourself
la times via msn ^ | 8/14/24 | Story by Jon Healey

Posted on 08/14/2024 1:00:11 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

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To: lewislynn
Therefore rendering SS #s useless for ID's...That includes the worthless "last 4 digits".

Oh my, what will the V.A. do? They rely on those 4 digits as positive ID in their systems. Guess we all need a new number that will probably include a free tattoo.

61 posted on 08/14/2024 6:30:57 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: RomanSoldier19

If this is true, shouldn’t it be like the feature story of every news agency in the US. This is potentially a pretty darn big deal.


62 posted on 08/14/2024 6:52:54 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Kozak

Same, after the equifax situation.


63 posted on 08/14/2024 6:59:28 PM PDT by No.6
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BKMRK.


64 posted on 08/14/2024 7:04:51 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: bak3r; Redcitizen; ducttape45; pollywog; Nervous Tick; Indy Pendance; ViLaLuz; Carriage Hill

[Oops. Looks like we need brand new digital IDs now.]

Yes, we had better get everyone new gubmint I.D. - maybe retina scans / fingerprints like India has already been doing for the past 12-13 years or so.

Now most of my ping list has probably seen me post this a few times but there’s a few new folks, so FWIW


(From about 2011-2012)

An oldie but a goodie - India scans fingerprints and retinas for welfare payment system:

https://youtu.be/oeBiZGU23SY?t=2m23s

I had my fingerprints scanned with a similar device just a few years ago;
the job required a basic security clearance.


65 posted on 08/14/2024 7:06:54 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

66 posted on 08/14/2024 7:23:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: ConservativeMind
Why would a data broker have my Social Security numbet?

Hacked registry, bank, credit card, etc.?

67 posted on 08/14/2024 7:53:29 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: ducttape45; RomanSoldier19

Block Electronic Access to Your Social Security Account Online
https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10220.pdf

Block Electronic Access

. . . You can request to Block Electronic Access.

This is done by [showing up at an office, in person, or] calling our National 800 number (Toll Free 1-800-772-1213 or at our TTY number at 1-800-325-0778).

Once requested, any automated telephone and electronic access to your Social Security record is blocked.

No one, including you, will be able to see or change your personal information on the internet or through our automated telephone service.

If you have requested that we block access to your record and later change your mind, you can contact us and ask to have the block removed.

You will need to prove your identity when you call.


68 posted on 08/14/2024 8:04:04 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: RomanSoldier19

Read later.


69 posted on 08/14/2024 8:17:54 PM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: BenLurkin
"It should be clear by now to everyone that the Internet was a bad idea."
I decided that some time ago. We were a more cohesive people and "you" couldn't be easily stolen. Ditto for elections.
70 posted on 08/14/2024 8:35:44 PM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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To: piytar
[Oops. Looks like we need brand new digital IDs now.

Tattooed on your right hand or forehead. ]

Right you are. It will likely be a tattoo IMHO given the Greek word behind "Mark" (charagma)





Lurkers, please click on my screen name to see my homepage for additional information.

(opens in a new window if you click HERE)

71 posted on 08/14/2024 10:23:24 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BenLurkin

[I feared then that 1984 would play out before my eyes]

In all seriousness, it was 1984 when I was writing software for a regional bank - I realized how easily the Mark of the Beast could occur if cash were eliminated - so I wondered how I could spread God’s Word all over the planet before it happened.

At the time, I really knew nothing about George Orwell’s ‘1984’.

The bank got a new IBM PC XT with color display - it was $8,000. I and most of the rest of the staff were not allowed to use that computer.

However, we did use the 2X $2.5 million dollar IBM 3083s that we had........

I made recommendations for upgrading an IBM Sys/36 - I wrote up $36,000-$40,000 in additions - later, I saw that they spent ...... $200,000. But still leased the COBOL package I had recommended - it was only about $2,500 to purchse it - they spent a bit more than that on the lease before finally buying it. I was converting our payroll over to ADP.


72 posted on 08/14/2024 10:30:46 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: woodbutcher1963; ducttape45

The idiots merged my credit with someone else.

Probably some $7/hr idiot did it.

Now my credit is so bad I can’t get a $100 Amazon card, LOL.

Used to tick me off. Still does to some extent but too impossible to fix without bankruptcy. Which could still happen in the future. Sigh.


73 posted on 08/14/2024 10:34:29 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: glennaro

[or tattoo-ed on?]

The KJV says “in” most other translations say “on’

The Greek word is “epi” - I think of epi-dermis - epidermis


The KJV uses “in”

Many other translations use “on”

It’s a form of “epi....”

The “Mark” is the Greek word “charagma” - a stamp of ownership; a tattoo


Revelation 13:16
New King James Version

16 He causes all, both small and great,
rich and poor, free and slave,
to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+13%3A16&version=NKJV


“epi” - as in epidermis

?p?

? ?p? ?

Englishman’s Concordance
?p? (epi)

https://biblehub.com/greek/epi_1909.htm

https://biblehub.com/interlinear/revelation/13-16.htm

???a?µa

? ???a?µa ?

???a?µa (charagma)

Revelation 13:16 N-ANS

GRK: d?s?? a?t??? ???a?µa ?p? t??
NAS: to be given a mark on their right
KJV: to receive a mark in their
INT: it should give them a mark on the


74 posted on 08/14/2024 10:37:02 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: ConservativeMind

You do everything to protect yourself but a 3rd party does not care and your info is released either by them getting paid or stolen.


75 posted on 08/15/2024 12:07:27 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: SaveFerris; woodbutcher1963
I've been fortunate in some ways. My credit sucks now. But I've been able to keep everything current since I retired and there are no black marks on my credit report. My school loans were written off, and I can keep my head above water, but that's about it. I'm close to filing for bankruptcy. Yeah, my credit will suck again, but at least I'll be debt free and will be able to save money.

I was hoping that my VA and/or SS disability claims would be approved and if so, I'd be able to pay some more of my debt with the back payments I would receive. But I have no faith the VA will approve anything since they keep denying me, and the SS disability may take as long as next summer to completely play out and I don't want to wait that long on a maybe.

76 posted on 08/15/2024 5:59:08 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
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To: ducttape45

IF you have been the victim of Identity Theft it is free.
Plus some states like MA it is also free.

It is much better than paying for some credit monitoring service. The only issue is that IF you want to take out a loan in the future, you will have to contact all four agencies and unlock your credit.

For me it was the best option. I do not have a mortgage anymore or any car loans. I have four credit cards. I do not need any more.


77 posted on 08/15/2024 6:02:29 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Keyhopper

“Edgar Casey said, “our machines would turn on us”.
Never understood what he meant but I think I get it now.”

He may have been referring to a 2001 like scenario:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lsExRvJTAI

“I’m sorry Dave. I am afraid I can’t do that.”


78 posted on 08/15/2024 6:10:10 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: RomanSoldier19

2.7 billion records leaked in massive US data breach:If you live in US, this breach could include your data
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4258567/posts


79 posted on 08/15/2024 8:07:00 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: SaveFerris

Actually the Hebrew symbol for 6 is Vav. Looks like a bar in a bar code. So someone a couple thousand years ago would translate that into a bunch of sixes. Hence 666…


80 posted on 08/15/2024 9:15:56 AM PDT by piytar (Remember Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland!)
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