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Here’s[1] an early picture of a social security card where it says plainly it’s not for identification purposes. What’s the better solution — the government ma
by dev_dull 7y ago
Here’s[1] an early picture of a social security card where it says plainly it’s not for identification purposes.
What’s the better solution — the government making it so you can change your ssn? Or legislation that shifts the liability burden of identification entirely onto the lender?
1. https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/old-blank-social-security-card-isolated-514414771 https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/old-blank-social-se...
- microcolonel 7y agoIt should be grounds for a particularly efficient form of litigation. In the past, you could have argued that better forms of authentication were onerous, but now they are much more efficient.
- delinka 7y agoWell ... the card isn't ever presented as ID AFAIK. The number on the other hand ... the number is presented all the effin' time.
- ghaff 7y agoYep. I haven't had a physical SSN card for decades. (Was in a wallet that got stolen and I never replaced.) The only time it's come close to being an issue was recently when needing to renew a drivers license with a REALID compliant one. One of the requirements was proof of SSN which I only had through my previous year's W-2 form because it actually isn't printed on many things these days.