

The question is more, “do you really want to fly a hacked jet”?
No the question is… Is the modified code more secure than the proprietary code created under a virtually unlimited budget by companies that have zero reason to do anything more than the minimum contract requirement which almost certainly doesn’t specify software security requirements.
















The system was never designed to be used for anything beyond Social Security, and from the beginning using it as an identifier has been discouraged. That doesn’t stop companies from using it like that though.