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Re:Identity Theft, Credit Reports, and You by harryh on Saturday September 09, 2017 @10:22AM (#15207203)
I can safely publish my SSN without giving one single fuck.

You should do so right here.

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Re:Identity Theft, Credit Reports, and You by ams6110 on Saturday September 09, 2017 @01:07PM (#15207939)
The CEO of the so-called credit monitoring services (can't recall which one) did that. Had his SSN published on billboards and other advertising.

Used to be pretty common to have SSN pre-printed on personal checks, also. It wasn't until the rise of online fraud that SSN became such a sensitive piece of information.

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Re:Identity Theft, Credit Reports, and You by harryh on Saturday September 09, 2017 @01:08PM (#15207942)
Really? That's awesome. Respect to that guy.

EDIT: Though it looks like it didn't necessarily turn out so great for him.

https://www.wired.com/2010/05/lifelock-identity-theft/

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Re:Identity Theft, Credit Reports, and You by kinkrtyavimoodh on Saturday September 09, 2017 @10:58AM (#15207372)
So looks like some fucks are being given after all.
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