Comment on Social Insecurity: Billions of Social Security Number and Passwords
treadful@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoWeird, I was quite confident in that memory. Thanks for the link.
Comment on Social Insecurity: Billions of Social Security Number and Passwords
treadful@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoWeird, 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?
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
They used to be geocoded, and Florida did run out of their original set of numbers at one point.
asmoranomar@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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