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Re:The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really? by ryanlol on Friday November 23, 2018 @09:43AM (#18516651)
Sounds pretty crazy to me.

Most people asking for your SSN or drivers license will already know your name and approximate location, therefore they'll have enough information to just look up your SSN and DL via various services like accurint.

You're trying to hide public information.

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Re:The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really? by metildaa on Saturday November 24, 2018 @02:02PM (#18523461)
The credit bureaus only have 157M SSNs from living people last I heard, so no, for half of Americans their SSN is not accessible via accurint.
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