[Junior]

Didn't need my SSN for my credit cards, nor for my drivers license. I had the option of putting my SSN on the license, but I forebore to do so. As for my membership in the credit union, all I had to supply were my address, drivers license and proof of employment.

You see, there were a number of lawsuits a few years ago about having to use one's SSN for identification purposes. To head off any more such lawsuits, most companies do not require it as identification any more.

But, hey, you knew that. You just didn't want to let facts get in the way of your lovely paranoid fantasy.

[longtermmemmory]

all true but the idiots that work for those companies will still make your life annoying because they don't know.

It may be the rule but they will deny you service unless you give your SSN.

[freeeee]

You see, there were a number of lawsuits a few years ago about having to use one's SSN for identification purposes. To head off any more such lawsuits, most companies do not require it as identification any more. But, hey, you knew that.

Actually I didn't know that. Do you have any links/sources I can look at?

[webstersII]

"Didn't need my SSN for my credit cards"

Since when can you get a credit card w/o a SSN?

Every app I've ever seen requires it.