Companies ask for the SSN because its so much more efficient than their previous systems. They already did debt repayment without SSNs; it's just easier with o

Companies ask for the SSN because its so much more efficient than their previous systems. They already did debt repayment without SSNs; it's just easier with one. The existence of fraud with a SSN doesn't mean there wasn't fraud without one; and if there was more fraud now then companies would abandon asking for SSNs. You might not like SSNs but their existence has been a benefit not a detriment to the USA.