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Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I log in to my ssa account by going to ssa.gov, enter my email address, and then my login.gov password. If you don't have a login.gov password, you can create on by going to:

secure.login.gov/sign_up/enter_email

Note that the login.gov password is a universal Government password that can be used for other Government websites, not just ssa. Apparently, some Government agencies are moving toward a more universal password system.

Small distinction: This is not a universal password that will work on many sites, this is an authentication system that can service multiple websites. Sort of like multiple sites accessing a Microsoft authenticator on your mobile device, you don't use the same password on multiple sites, you use one password on one service that multiple sites then trust.

Though for any that want to believe Big Brother is watching, it is certainly conceivable that login.gov could track which client sites requested authorization for you. How useful it would be for someone to know which Govt websites you looked at is anyone's guess.