At this point everyone should be given new Social security numbers and freash starts. Because all our data is on the dark web.
That’d end up being breached and disseminated very quickly, especially under this administration. They’d vibe code it and all the data would be publicly posted in the source code.
We created a totally secure and definitely unguessable (Probably Unique)™ identifier system - an MD5 hash of FirstnameLastname-DOB
Oh also with this new totally flawless system, you’re now legally obligated to recite I’m full your (Probably Unique)™ 32-character hash to any ICE agents who request it. Failure to do so will result in detainment.
For immigrants, we will happily tattoo your (Probably Unique)™ hash on your wrist for your convenience.
At this point I assume most data breaches are just a criminal conspiracy between the corpo and data brokers.
No corporation bothers securing their data to a reasonable extent, so naturally they might as well choose the additional revenue stream of an “accidental” “breach” which is extremely valuable to surveillance capitalism. It’s not like they face any significant consequences 99% of the time…
… unless money is involved