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But they were! My college student ID from 1980 has my SS number right on it. I have here an employee badge from the Walt Disney Company from 2000 and my SS numb
by fortran77 11d ago
But they were! My college student ID from 1980 has my SS number right on it. I have here an employee badge from the Walt Disney Company from 2000 and my SS number is in a bar code right on the bottom. Even in 2000, it would be trivial to take a photo of someone wearing the ID badge and decode the 1D bar code on it.
- quesera 11d agoIn some states, until the early 1990s, SSNs were also used as drivers license numbers.
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- Terr_ 10d agoRight, but somehow a bunch of companies still made them into a "prove who you are" factor, and (if we assume incompetence instead of malice) that means a bunch of decision makers still considered the a trust factor.