I hear you, but I agree with the parent that it would be something they'd be for (now) because it benefits them in the long run. If there's an ID system that us

I hear you, but I agree with the parent that it would be something they'd be for (now) because it benefits them in the long run. If there's an ID system that uses a public/private key kind of system, if they screw up and expose your public one, you could then regenerate a public key with the private key and disable the old public. With SSN, you're forced to just hope nothing bad happens. This would greatly reduce their future liability for the next incident.