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
Comment on Social Insecurity: Billions of Social Security Number and Passwords
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 1 week agoI am confused. I distinctly remember news stories about us running out of ss#s. I remember stories of people getting the same number. Wtf?
asmoranomar@lemmy.world 5 days ago
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.