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Re:Inside the "3 billion people" national public data breach by 77pt77 on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @06:26PM (#41251194)
> The third is many business owners, because it would become much harder/risky to hire illegal immigrants to work.

Big one, but even though employing illegal immigrants is a crime, it's almost never prosecuted.

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Re:Inside the "3 billion people" national public data breach by Workaccount2 on Thursday August 15, 2024 @09:16AM (#41255645)
It's trivial as an immigrant to get a (stolen) SSN. Business owners are not responsible for checking if the SSN is stolen or not.
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