America Keeps Rejecting an ID Card It Already Has

推荐理由

this is the most enjoyable explanation for it I've seen, by CGP Grey

强烈推荐bmelton · 原文2017年9月

说明

这是2017年由CGP Grey发布的一部讲解，主题归在Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime。它讲的是social security numbers as identity这一支里的具体问题，而不是把整个领域扫一遍。适合按兴趣直接看、不打算先补课的人。内容上可以概括成：CGP Grey explains the history of the US Social Security card and number, and why they became a de facto national ID despite never being meant for it. He also covers why America resists a proper identity card.这些读者给出的理由，核心是：HN reaches for it in every identity theft and data breach thread as the clearest, most enjoyable short explainer of why SSNs make bad identifiers.讲法不绑某一条新闻，过几年仍然可以当材料看。从2017年到2024年，有14位不同的读者在9个不同月份把它推荐出来，其中明确叫别人去看的有2次。适合用一集把一个概念补上的人。抓住它用的那个图像或类比，比背公式重要。如果已经会了基本定义，就把注意力放在它怎么把social security numbers as identity变成能跟着复述的例子。

视频信息

频道

CGP Grey

时长

7 分 49 秒

发布年份

2017

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