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Re:FTC takes action against CafePress for data breach cover up by 4oh9do on Monday June 27, 2022 @05:27PM (#31901035)
> Government should mandate only allowing SSN for tax identification purposes.

CafePress was presumably collecting SSNs precisely for tax identification purposes.

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Re:FTC takes action against CafePress for data breach cover up by adrr on Monday June 27, 2022 @06:04PM (#31901455)
It's not them who are the problem. Its financial institutions and other services that use SSN as way to verify a person. You should not be able to setup a cell phone plan by providing a name and a SSN. And credit reporting should not be tied to a SSN. It should just be used to submit tax information to the government and have no value beyond that.
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