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Sorry, I might not have been clear. What I was referencing there is that they were never meant to be used as identifiers for people outside of the social securi
by JaRail 7y ago
Sorry, I might not have been clear. What I was referencing there is that they were never meant to be used as identifiers for people outside of the social security system. People are not born with social security numbers. A lot of people in the US don't have them. If you ran a daycare, you couldn't use social security numbers to track the kids in your customer database. You wouldn't be able to use them with the parents either because they (should) be afraid to give them to you. If they did give them to you, you'd have no way to verify them. It's not the intended purpose.
Real ID was basically just adding citizenship info to your driver's license so you didn't need to also carry your passport. It didn't fix any financial fraud issues.
- toast0 7y ago> People are not born with social security numbers. A lot of people in the US don't have them. If you're born in a US hospital, you kind of are born with a SSN; through a program called Enumeration at Birth [1]. It's not mandatory, and many people aren't born in a hospital, and certainly a great many people aren't born in a US hospital. Enumeration at Birth wasn't around when I was born, I believe my parents had my siblings and I enumerated at the same time; I'd guess when it was requested for school enrollment. [1] https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110205505 https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110205505