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Re:Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall by jonhendry18 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @05:57AM (#17399209)
The solution is probably a two-part form where the winner can fill in their SSN and seal it in an envelope, then the contest operator would take that envelope and enclose it with the operator's part of the form, and mail it.

That way the contest operator need not ever see the winner's SSN.

The amusing thing is the apparent widespread assumption that contest operators are shady as f.

Re:Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall by mratzloff on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @06:24AM (#17399325)
"Here is a code. Please go onto the IRS website and enter this code and the relevant information, then tell me the code you get in response."
Re:Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall by jonhendry18 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @11:32AM (#17401381)
Sure, if you want to be modern.
Re:Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall by aekotra on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @12:10AM (#17405692)
What the...the problem is the contest winner not trusting the operator with their information. How does giving the operator an envelope containing their SIN solve this problem?!
Re:Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall by jonhendry18 on Thursday June 28, 2018 @02:23AM (#17414520)
Okay I didn't think that through.