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Indeed. Of course it happens. But the problem is that the gov't thinks it's okay to collect more and more data, assuming it doesn't happen. The problem isn't the technology -- it's the gov't wanting to collect more data.
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Vroooom
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The government already has it...
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Originally, it was a simple worker-tracking scheme, implemented to make sure that people received the SocSec compensation they had been promised in accordance to the amount of time they worked. In fact, if I remember correctly, there were, and perhaps still are, laws in place surrounding the system explicitly preventing the use of your SS number as any other kind of ID or tracking system.
Now we have companies asking for your SS on any kind of form they can think of, to be used, abused or improperly accessed by anyone, right along with (my own experience) public schools using SocSec as Student numbers, given to everyone from the principal to lunch ladies right along with the student's name, address and the like. Could things like this also explain the Hugely growing trend of illegal SS# use by illegal aliens?
And now with the National ID plans, and counterparts around the world, Governments (and companies right behind them)are putting together even more towering lists of your personal details all tied back to a single number string. More details to be data mined, stolen, improperly added-to and of course kept secret from you.
More Information = More Abuse, which is amplified the moment these databases get online.
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"infinite good", right?
So feel free to use his SSN any time you please.
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