Comment on Social Insecurity: Billions of Social Security Number and Passwords

• Test_Tickles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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?

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  • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They used to be geocoded, and Florida did run out of their original set of numbers at one point.

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  • asmoranomar@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There were rules for how numbers were issued. You could tell where and when someone was born based on their number. Im unsure if it was changed, but I can see how high population areas could run out of their quota and need a new block

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