Comment by rolph
9 months ago
if you know place of birth, and place of ssn application, you can determine most of the ssn. the final 4 are supposed to be random, but are blurted out to rooms full of people and tech, during service.
the integrity of SSN security, was lost a long time ago
as of 2011 they are fully random instead of being based on geographical region and groups
https://www.ssa.gov/employer/randomization.html
Yes, but 100% of adults today were born before 2011, and that will continue to be (ever so slowly less and less true as we die out) true for decades. It's good and all, but.
yeah its too bad it took so long for that to happen.
> the integrity of SSN security, was lost a long time ago
The security never existed, since they were never intended to be secrets. At best it was theater.