Yes, but if the government screws up, the onus is on them to fix the lack of a secure way to identify a person. Re-issue new SSNs (maybe with more bits of entro

Yes, but if the government screws up, the onus is on them to fix the lack of a secure way to identify a person. Re-issue new SSNs (maybe with more bits of entropy) to everyone, give everyone a UUID and public/private key, issue national IDs, whatever it takes. If your bank or company or Equifax leaks all your SSNs the government won't take a shit, they'll just let people continue stealing your identity.