OT Do you know your SSN by heart?

Depends on what you use the phone for. I often use it for banking, paying credit card and such, so a password is needed to get to that information. That is different from the 4 digits to get into the phone so if I want to check my CC I don't have to type the password: SVC>$HJ#,)PGH Just touch the fingerprint.

Yes it has it, but I think once I've typed it in it's not visible anymore. ....It took me a while to find where the password is and it's asterisked. When I tap the crossed-out eye, it says in red, "To view your password here, enable screen lock on this device", so since I don't look my phone, it locks viewing my email passwords. If one locks his phone, he wouldn't know about how it works for those who don't. K-9 app.

The thief could have read my incoming mail and sent mail in my name, but I don't care if he reads my mail and I find it unlikely that he'll ssend mail from my phone. Maybe you can think of a scenario where someone with my email password could and would hurt me, but I can't.

It's not used *instead of* a PIN, it's in addition to a PIN. My wife and I use multiple fingerprints to unlock our phones. Not to give away any secrets, but my left and right thumb and index finger will unlock my phone, and my right thumb and index finger will unlock hers. Vice versa, from her perspective, plus we know each other's PIN. Every now and then Android requires the PIN, probably as a security measure.

Absolutely not.

Besides, have you never seen a spy movie? :)

Oops, I just said the same thing. I should have read ahead.

It is about time!

I was never really happy giving out my SSN on everything. Now-a-days with all the identity theft, it is insane

After a half century of using your social security number, Medicare switched to a mixed and unrelated alpha-numerical one.

How many people (with Medicare) know that set?

I do know that mine has a "Q" in it. There is nothing rhythmic about it that would make is easy to memorize. I guess that is good for theft. Fortunately, Chrome remembers for the few time I need it.

When I got a Massachusetts Drivers License around 1970, My drivers license # was my SS #.

Why should I? Nobody ever asks for it.

They will when you get older. Couple of times a year I need it for some insurance form for blood tests and such that is billed to Medicare.

I have the HMO type of old age insurance and have no idea of the number but just hand them the card which is what they ask for at the doctors office. They put it in a card reader that goes to the computer. Never have had to show the medicare card.

I have had cards scanned numerous times in the past but not so much now seeing the same providers that have all the info. They usually ask for drivers license, medicare card and supplemental insurance cards. Blood lab last week to check in there was a machine that scanned the drivers license.

1. The health system computer has all of that on file
2. My Advantage plan stands between me and Medicare

Doctors ask for the card and the suplemental insurance card, but I've also had to fill in the medicare number on a computer a couple times. I keep all this stuff in a computer file, including things in my wallet because my wallet is usually downstairs and the computer is upstairs.

On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 23:12:48 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein posted for all of us to digest...

I reported fraud (a zillion covid tests) and just got a new one.

My BIL reported fraud two times and guess what? He got a new card 3 months ago and a new one the same time as me.

I know mine, my wife's and my children's SSNs by heart. Maybe it has something to do with being in the Air Force at one time and having to repeat mine over and over and over...