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Most of my life my SSN was also my drivers license number. Then my state a few years ago changed the numbers. Great! Now some hotels want to copy both sides of
by bloomingeek 2y ago
Most of my life my SSN was also my drivers license number. Then my state a few years ago changed the numbers. Great! Now some hotels want to copy both sides of your license before renting you a room. My doctors office and local hospitals copy them too.
A few years ago, Capital One credit cards wouldn't let us pay our bill online, which we had done for several years, unless we sent them a copy of both sides of our DL's! I called them and said no thanks and they said I would have to began paying through the mail. We paid off both cards and canceled them.
Have said all this, it's prob just a matter of time before my DL number is hacked by someone through some weakly secured site.
- op00to 2y agoMy DL number is predictable if you know my name and birthdate and when I got my drivers license. :D
- nesky 2y agoWhat state has drivers license numbers the same as your social security number?
- ezfe 2y agoMany states have done all or part of the social security number on drivers licenses. Thankfully not ones I've lived in, but a Google search will yield lists.
- 5555624 2y agoNow? None. I believe they've all done away with it. In the past, quite a number of states. Mine was originally; but, I was able to change it in 1995, when Virginia began offering people the choice of SSN or a DMV number. (It was the result of efforts by the ACLU and others.)
- dhosek 2y agoBack in the 80s, University of Illinois at Chicago used SSNs as student ID numbers. Until you memorized your five-digit userid (I was U10754) you could login with your social security number, so I would type [just kidding].