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Re:Wide-ranging SolarWinds probe sparks fear in Corporate Am... by kindredlight on Friday September 10, 2021 @08:59PM (#28488523)
SSNs have not been issued with a geographic prefix in a decade. I'm not sure if you're really suggesting two different individuals are issued the same SSN, but no, they never are. SSNs are never reused.

https://www.ssa.gov/employer/randomization.html https://www.ssa.gov/employer/randomizationfaqs.html

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Re:Wide-ranging SolarWinds probe sparks fear in Corporate Am... by sk5t on Friday September 10, 2021 @10:01PM (#28488840)
> SSNs have not been issued with a geographic prefix in a decade.

Even if what you say were true, handwaving this as unimportant because it only affects people over the age of ten seems a bit silly.

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Re:Wide-ranging SolarWinds probe sparks fear in Corporate Am... by kindredlight on Friday September 10, 2021 @11:07PM (#28489112)
SSNs are entirely insecure as mentioned earlier in this thread. Geographic prefixes are a drop in the bucket on that front.

The post that I replied to is almost entirely incorrect as it relates to available SSN “keyspace” (misnomer), uniqueness, etc.—-for which geographic prefixes and group numbers are relevant.

I supplied direct sources, so no idea what your “even if what you say were true” skepticism is rooted in.

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