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Re:T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People by tadfisher on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @01:11PM (#28224235)
When Social Security was introduced, the government encouraged people to get a tattoo of their SSN so they wouldn't forget it [1].

[1]: https://blog.nyhistory.org/tattoo-as-memory-prompt/

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Re:T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People by jaundermann on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @01:31PM (#28224516)
It seems like it was tattoo artists (not the government) recommending tattoos, as you would expect. It is still interesting, but a bit less sensationalist.
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