According to your thinking, my department spent four years re-writing every computer program to key on an arbitrary ID number instead of a SSN for nothing... 
According to your thinking, my department spent four years re-writing every computer program to key on an arbitrary ID number instead of a SSN for nothing...
Key in for what purpose? Do you work for an American Stasi?
Do you really think people could transact business today without some sort of fungible identifier? So what if it’s a SS#? Would you rather reinvent the wheel?