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According to John Titlow from Business Insider, while trying to change his phone number on his ID.me account to apply for unemployment, the support agent asked for his sensitive information over e-mail, including scans of a passport and Social Security card.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Titlow |first=John |title=Take It From Me: Never Get a New Phone Number, It's a Tech Nightmare |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1 |website=Business Insider |date=12 Jan 2025 |access-date=24 Aug 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729044602/https://www.businessinsider.com/never-get-a-new-phone-number-multi-factor-authentication-security-2025-1 |archive-date=29 Jul 2025}}</ref> It is recommended to never send sensitive information over e-mail due to many e-mail providers, such as [[Google Gmail]] and [[Microsoft Outlook]], not encrypting the contents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferguson |first=Joe |title=Keep sensitive data safe: don't send in emails |url=https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html |website=University of Buffalo |date=1 Mar 2021 |access-date=24 Aug 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824232327/https://www.buffalo.edu/ubit/news/article.host.html/content/shared/www/ubit/news/2019/keep-sensitive-data-safe.html |archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}</ref>

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