“I love the way a credit union I use does a thing where you have an expanded secret code that you sign in with and validate your identity there. And it has nothing to do with your social security number. And because it's a randomized number that you've picked, the criminal's not going to know it.”

Clark Howard · The Clark Howard Podcast · 11.04.26 Mindful Shopping / RECALL: Vehicular Spontaneous Combustion

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use a credit-union-provided expanded secret code for login/identity verification instead of a Social Security number

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