I concur, have never heard of this practice. It was extremely rare for anyone to have tattoos even sixty years ago. SSNs were definitely less protected -- I r

I concur, have never heard of this practice. It was extremely rare for anyone to have tattoos even sixty years ago. SSNs were definitely less protected -- I remember mine showing up on my student ID in the 80s, on school rosters in the Navy in the 90s, etc. But tattoos? No.