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You don’t need to ask for the social security number equivalent to verify citizenship. By itself it doesn’t help in that context since residents get one too. I
by daenney 6y ago
You don’t need to ask for the social security number equivalent to verify citizenship. By itself it doesn’t help in that context since residents get one too.
If you try the form for different countries, in a lot of cases they don’t ask for that particular identifier, because they legally can’t, and ask for address information instead. That’s still a little creepy, but a whole lot less.
- RobertoG 6y agoPersonally, I have less problem with giving my ID than my address. It's the address what feels creepy to me. >>"By itself it doesn’t help in that context since residents get one too." At least in my country that's not true. The resident but not citizen number is different.
- varjag 6y agoResidents in much of the EU get plenty of rights, including voting in local elections. So why not? They live there, and their biometrics are being collected too.
- daenney 6y agoI didn’t say at any point that residents shouldn’t get to vote on this. But they’re looking to verify citizenship, not residency.
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 6y agoIn some countries, like Poland, you don't have to have your address registered with the government. PESEL and your ID number are a sort of multi-factor authentication mechanism.