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Anyone else find it weird they included his social security number (page 5)? With the amount of detail they included it seems as though it would be fairly easy
by bsims 14y ago
Anyone else find it weird they included his social security number (page 5)? With the amount of detail they included it seems as though it would be fairly easy for someone to use any FBI file on a deceased person for fraudulent purposes, ID theft, or accessing accounts at companies who may not realize he is deceased yet.
- free652 14y agoThere is a database of deceased people with their SSNs available, it's called SSDI. All banks/credit agency should automatically flag these SSNs.
- harshreality 14y agoYour social security number becomes public record once you die. The situation with the Social Security Death Master File (SSDMF) / Social Security Death Index (SSDI) is very similar to the situation with PACER. List from Nov 2011, obtained legally by http://ssdmf.info/ http://ssdmf.info/ https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7193029/Social_Security_Death_Master_File_20120321 https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7193029/Social_Security_Deat... The SSA would love to insist that redistribution is illegal, because the price of the SSDMF is outrageous and a cash cow, but they don't have a legal leg to stand on. The SSDI is public record, and because it's a database with no creative element, it's not copyrightable even if it were compiled by someone other than the government. Official sources for the SSDMF: https://www.ssdmf.com/ https://www.ssdmf.com/ http://www.ntis.gov/products/ssa-dmf.aspx http://www.ntis.gov/products/ssa-dmf.aspx
- unimpressive 14y agoIt would be really meta if Aaron had snarfed this one.
- josephlord 14y agoSocial Security numbers are too widely used to really be regarded as secrets (how many government, bank, employer and call centre staff have access to yours) or to be used as authentication. They are a pretty good identifier of who is being referred to though.