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SSNs were never designed to be private information. There should be no expectation that they are.
by p_ing 1y ago
SSNs were never designed to be private information. There should be no expectation that they are.
- CamperBob2 1y agoThey weren't designed to be used as general-purpose identifiers by non-government entities, either, but here we are.
- linuxlizard 1y agoMy college classes used to post grades, on paper, taped to the wall, listed by SSN.
- dragonwriter 1y agoWhich, assuming it was in the last 50 years or so (assuming it didn't have individual non-compulsory signed and dated written consent of every individual whose grades were so posted) a violation of federal law (specifically, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.)