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SSN should not be used for ID.

• JTbane 5y ago
  And yet it is used as such, in banking, healthcare and everywhere that matters. An alternative ought to be made.
  • swiley 5y ago
    A better alternative would be user accounts with the credit companies but then people would realize how sloppy they are.
    • astura 5y ago
      And how does one authenticate themselves with a credit company without an id?
• dharmab 5y ago
  Specifically SSNs have none of the security features of an ID. No biometric info or photo, numbers used to be assigned in sequence, only a few of the digits are unique, no parity/checksum check bits.