Yeah, me too. Quite a heist! :)
Posted on 05/27/2015 5:39:48 AM PDT by the_boy_who_got_lost
What would you say if I told you I could get your Social Security Number if you gave me your name and birth date? And sometimes I don't even need your birth day.
How easy is it? How many people know your name and birth date? I imagine quite a few. And if you have your birth date available on Facebook, LinkedIn or any number of other services online which ask for and publicly display your birth date then A LOT more people have your birth date.
The second half of the equation is finding an online service which you have used which is also vulnerable to the exploit.
(Excerpt) Read more at linkedin.com ...
The queen of England has two birth days, why not you too?
Fraudulent tax return filings are up by as much as 3,700% !!!
SSN originally was a retirement account number. It is now the universal identification number for individuals. There is not even a check digit embedded in the number. Nothing. Anyone who gets that number has it all.
You give it to the IRS, banks, credit cards companies, car dealers, colleges, employers and others.
The local vet requested it on the form for new customer. I left it blank.
As it is now, the SSN is the stupidest thing man has ever invented.
Politicians love it because it enables them to tie all our information together.
It’s got to change. To begin: extend the number by 5 or 6 digits; one of them will be a check digit. Then reserve it for its original purpose. The system designers should be able to figure out the rest.
SSN is Social Security Account Number? Who knew? I thought it was SSAN. I was expecting this article to be about stealing a nuclear submarine (SSN).
An SSBN is a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with nuclear warheads.
exnavy- Thank You for Your Service. Did I get this info correct ?
I've see the new ones- they say no such thing any place.
If they made it illegal to use the SSN for identification purposes it would stun the billion dollar identity theft black market.
But....the day the government makes the SSN illegal to use as identification will be the day they microchip people. I will be leaving the country if that heppens.
Yes you did a wonderful job of describing that discription Navy acronym. Thank you for that service! (’;
Heh, me too...I was all in!
That's not a bad idea. And as long as you get birthday greetings once a year, it will all even out anyway.
Yes on all counts but they’ll have kill me to get that chip in.
No problem Sir
ok SO WHAT IS OBAMA’S SSN
Yeah, me too. Quite a heist! :)
Good question.
Sounds like the makings of a good movie!
Good idea
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