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Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed
Unfortunately your SSN is sometimes required for certain credit purchases. Interesting to hear “ never give out your SSN” from the experts and then have them allow credit granting companies to require it. I’m just glad that we now don’t need to open any new credit. We also froze our credit and it has been years since we’ve had to temporarily unfreeze it Until a several years ago your Medicare # was your SSN. I think your military ID was your SSN (??). It’s a joke. I don’t believe that this government is doing enough to eradicate hacking and identity theft. If a perpetrator wants to steal another’s identity or life savings then perhaps we need to reclassify some of these “non-violent” crimes as capital offenses. (OK, I vented).
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and originally the SS card used to say to not be used for identification. It was never meant to be used as it is. Only for government. But it is a unique number for everyone so it was easy to use.