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Re:LifeLock CEO’s Identity Stolen 13 Times by philwelch on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @06:05PM (#1359293)
In fact, the US military uses the SSN for the serial number, as in "name, rank, and serial number", the (only) information you are supposed to report to your captors if taken prisoner.

I've always worried that enemy forces would capture our troops, steal their identities, and then ruin their credit.

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Re:LifeLock CEO’s Identity Stolen 13 Times by Retric on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @11:51PM (#1360042)
LOL, I am going to remember that one.

Anyway, I have access to the SSN of just about everyone in the army over the last five years. The do give the special forces people substitute SSN numbers but other than that it's fairly easy information to get access to if you if you are doing any sort of analysis of army trends.

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