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What's particular about the ssn ? Why is it used so widely ? (I'm European)
by vorador 17y ago
What's particular about the ssn ? Why is it used so widely ? (I'm European)
- keefe 17y agossn = social security number, the # we use to pay our taxes into our social security fund. It's the only unique identifier every person qualified to work in the US is guaranteed to have and many times many systems are keyed off it.
- roc 17y ago(Darkly) amusing to note that it was originally sold to a very skeptical public with the promise that it would never ever be used as an individual identification number. It was merely your account number in the Social Security program.