For some reason a lot of businesses treat SSN as a secret password. Our numbers aren't supposed to be published, but they are used so often they aren't really s

For some reason a lot of businesses treat SSN as a secret password. Our numbers aren't supposed to be published, but they are used so often they aren't really secure. You can do stuff like apply for lines of credit using a SSN. If you use my name and my number its presumed to be me applying for the credit.