Comment on Social Insecurity: Billions of Social Security Number and Passwords
solrize@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
If this is US social security numbers, they only have 9 digits so there can’t be billions of them.
Comment on Social Insecurity: Billions of Social Security Number and Passwords
solrize@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
If this is US social security numbers, they only have 9 digits so there can’t be billions of them.
treadful@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
They get reused.
solrize@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
www.ssa.gov/history/hfaq.html :
Q20: Are Social Security numbers reused after a person dies?
A: No. We do not reassign a Social Security number (SSN) after the number holder’s death. Even though we have issued over 453 million SSNs so far, and we assign about 5 and one-half million new numbers a year, the current numbering system will provide us with enough new numbers for several generations into the future with no changes in the numbering system.
treadful@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Weird, I was quite confident in that memory. Thanks for the link.
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I am confused. I distinctly remember news stories about us running out of ss#s. I remember stories of people getting the same number. Wtf?