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When I worked in Oak Ridge in the 70s and 80s we had our SSNs stenciled on the back of our lab coats.
by greybeardgeek 6y ago
When I worked in Oak Ridge in the 70s and 80s we had our SSNs stenciled on the back of our lab coats.
- stallmanite 6y agoWhat was the purpose of using your SSNs as ID rather than names? Very interesting I didn’t realize scientists wore uniforms with names/ids across the back like baseball or hockey players.
- smacktoward 6y agoNames aren't necessarily unique. It's not hard to imagine a large enough organization having multiple John Smiths on staff, for instance. As personnel management became more sophisticated and formalized, a unique identifier was needed that was guaranteed to refer to one and only one person. And since SSNs already existed and were guaranteed unique, most of them just used those rather than inventing a unique identifier of their own.
- joecool1029 6y ago> And since SSNs already existed and were guaranteed unique, Yeah.... about that: https://www.cio.com/article/3004596/a-tale-of-two-women-same-birthday-same-social-security-number-same-big-data-mess.html https://www.cio.com/article/3004596/a-tale-of-two-women-same...