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State University of New York used to famously use students' Social Security Numbers for their student ids up until around 2005. That student id was printed on y
by busterarm 3y ago
State University of New York used to famously use students' Social Security Numbers for their student ids up until around 2005. That student id was printed on your student id card and used for just about every system on campus.
They finally changed that system after lots of scams/fraud perpetrated against students brought the practice to media attention.
Wild.
- bredren 3y agoI believe it was the same situation at Oregon state, around 2003. Perhaps it was easier for the ID vendor to key against a registrar db.
- reactordev 3y agoWow... That's definitely worthy of a daily wtf.
- bcrosby95 3y agoThis was pretty common. I went to two schools that did this in the late '90s and early '00s. T'was just a different time.