[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

Information doesn't match, the person is given a chance to prove who they say they are. If they can't, it is illegal to hire them. Provide the employer with a confirmation number only IF the information matches. Employers who don't want to play ball do the perp walk.

Employers who don't want to play ball give $100 to computer hacker, wait fifteen minutes, and the prospective employee magically has a valid social security number.

Not to mention the possibility of a vengeful employer firing an employee, then paying that same hacker to make sure the fired employee's social security number never matches up with his name ever again--the guy can no longer legally work in his own country.

Do you really want to stake your freedom, your phyiscal safety, and your financial security on how well a massive computer database that is accessible to everyone in this country (hell, probably in the world) can be kept secure?

[bordergal]

Well, considering I'm already part of a massive DMV database, a massive credit database, a massive health care database, a massive Social Security database, a massive IRS database.....

Yes, I am.