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LG-654 Redact entire SSN from /account page#2507

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Why: These are the most sensitive digits. A variety of identity proofing operations often require only the last 4 digits, including for things like pulling a credit report.

How: Replace the last four digits with asterisks.

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Controllers

  • When adding a new controller that requires the user to be fully
    authenticated, make sure to add before_action :confirm_two_factor_authenticated
    as the first callback.

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  • Unsafe migrations are implemented over several PRs and over several
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  • Verified that the changes don't affect other apps (such as the dashboard)

  • When relevant, a rake task is created to populate the necessary DB columns
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    the Users table, which might seem innocuous.

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**Why**: These are the most sensitive digits. A variety of identity proofing operations often require only the last 4 digits, including for things like pulling a credit report.

**How**: Replace the last four digits with asterisks.
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LGTM. I was tempted to ask for a test that would affirm the SSN wasn't shown, but we already have a similar test elsewhere for encrypted data that fails randomly when the crypt-text has a three-character subsequence that matches part of the SSN we're making sure isn't there.

@stevegsa stevegsa merged commit 51bbc1c into master Sep 11, 2018
@amathews-fs amathews-fs deleted the stevegsa-redact-entire-ssn-from-account-page branch January 7, 2021 18:42
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