Comment by rtkwe
13 hours ago
I also like 'last 4 digits only' as if that's not the most important parts and the part so many places use to validate your identity, the first 5 are just area and group so they're not exactly random.
13 hours ago
I also like 'last 4 digits only' as if that's not the most important parts and the part so many places use to validate your identity, the first 5 are just area and group so they're not exactly random.
Everyone's social security number is available. If you go download the leak referring to in this HN post [1], your SSN is certainly in it. Mine was, everyone in my family's was, almost all of my friends' were.
The world needs to stop pretending that SSNs are secret. They aren't.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41248104
The world has stopped pretending a long time ago. In my country SSN is public information.