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Are names, addresses, social security numbers/tax ID numbers, phone numbers, state, and zip code's all secret in the US? Tax ID numers i dont know what those
by callesgg 11y ago
Are names, addresses, social security numbers/tax ID numbers, phone numbers, state, and zip code's all secret in the US?
Tax ID numers i dont know what those are, but all the others are open information here in sweden.
I can go to a website find out any* persons legal status(maried, single.., current resident, social security numer, names and so on)
*(there is exceptions for some people)
- angersock 11y agoThe basic problem is that, many years ago, we somehow decided as a country that your SSN was a valid GUID for a person, and one that could be used to secure lines of credit and all sorts of other things. At the same time, we decided that there was no reason to make it properly secured or obscure, or to make it easy to make a new one, or anything else. So, it's this kind of quasi-bad thing that is mostly just good for getting your identity stolen.