> If people are fraudulently abusing the social security number system, stealing other people's numbers and so on, then they should be prosecuted for fraud.

Who's going to do that? My spouse had an Oakland luxury apartment rented in her name, with her social security number and everything. But Oakland PD won't do anything, and nobody else cares either. The apartment management wasn't even sure they could evict because of covid restrictions at the time. It's fully reported, not our problem anymore.