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tombrandisyesterday at 5:42 PM1 replyview on HN

kind of but others are hard as well... most people don't change their name, date of birth or even email address when they are leaked.


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anonym29today at 11:18 AM

These aren't really "credentials" in that they're not secret the way your iris/retina pattern, fingerprint pattern, password, pin, secret key, or security token are.

Your name, DoB, and email address are identifiers, yes, but aren't really authenticators - they're more like a username, not a password.