I'm from Argentina and we have something similar to a SSN, we call it DNI (Documento Nacional de Identidad). You wouldn't believe how many duplicate DNIs we hav

I'm from Argentina and we have something similar to a SSN, we call it DNI (Documento Nacional de Identidad). You wouldn't believe how many duplicate DNIs we have, it's crazy. So yes, I agree with you, I always use a random UUID as ID.