When SSN was created it specifically stated that it was not to be used for

other purposes. Folks in the thirties had clear ideas about the danger of creating an national ID number, eg necessary for totalitarian states. And a lot of those issues have come to bear fruit in all the Identity theft that's been going on. The US government failed on this.

One thing that would cure this is being able to issue a new SSN eg, the data goes stale eventually. that sorta happens now when they ask you lots of questions about your recent history that only you would know, it's info that gets refreshed so if it's getting stored in a DB somewhere it will eventually get stale. The SSN never does though.

In response to this post by FfxStationHokie

Posted: 09/24/2018 at 5:37PM

Giving out SSN? -- FfxStationHokie 09/24/2018 1:35PM

Expected you have already been owned, put credit freeze on ** -- HokieForever 09/24/2018 6:32PM

Someone got my ssn last yr and made Fake ID -- DaveVT 09/24/2018 6:28PM

When SSN was created it specifically stated that it was not to be used for -- `lag 09/24/2018 5:37PM

It burns me up. -- Thankful Hokie 09/24/2018 5:08PM

Mine is engraved on the inside of my VT class ring.... -- The Bear 09/24/2018 2:50PM

That is a great story ** -- DaveVT 09/24/2018 6:31PM

Granted, there’s enough space there to engrave the Gettysburg Address..... ** -- The Bear 09/24/2018 8:42PM

Remember grade postings outside professors' offices being listed by SSNs? ** -- Hokie5150 09/24/2018 5:07PM

That’s when I memorized my then girlfriend, now wife’s SSN because -- The Bear 09/24/2018 8:40PM

Yep ** -- GFallsFan 09/24/2018 7:17PM

Ditto...long before Al Gore invented the internet and ID theft ** -- JoesterVT 09/24/2018 2:54PM

ID theft started before the internet -- MAHokie69 09/24/2018 3:30PM

To answer your question, I always leave that blank. -- Hokie360 09/24/2018 1:52PM

Less the deductible. ** -- 48zip 09/24/2018 2:02PM

Credit check? Does that need one any more? ** -- 48zip 09/24/2018 1:37PM

There are third party ssn credit score checkers -- DaveVT 09/24/2018 6:36PM

Nope - lease guarantor ** -- FfxStationHokie 09/24/2018 1:37PM

That means they run a credit check on you, correct? ** -- Hokie360 09/24/2018 1:40PM

Nope- I think if my kid skips out on paying then they track me down** -- FfxStationHokie 09/24/2018 1:40PM

The reason they check you is your kid has little or no credit. ** -- 48zip 09/24/2018 2:46PM

They claim they dont run a pre-credit check - just need SSN if kid defaults ** -- FfxStationHokie 09/24/2018 2:48PM

Are you talking about Red Lobster? ** -- Brown Water 09/24/2018 2:14PM

25/8/366 ** -- FfxStationHokie 09/24/2018 2:17PM

They want to be sure you’re not a bum, too. ** -- CPRVHokie 09/24/2018 2:06PM

They ran a credit check on you too. ** -- hoosnowahokie 09/24/2018 2:06PM

That's like co-signing a loan, isn't it? Which means you're just -- Hokie360 09/24/2018 1:45PM

Seriously, what's the point if the guarantor has no money. ** -- 48zip 09/24/2018 2:01PM

This might be a reason...... -- VTHokie2000 09/24/2018 3:06PM

Good point. That means Ffx will be responsible for replacing the -- Hokie360 09/24/2018 3:51PM

He'll have some extra carpet. ** -- 48zip 09/24/2018 3:55PM

That's my point. Why have a guarantor with no credit or money? -- 48zip 09/24/2018 3:13PM

I suspect they assume that the parent has enough money or assets -- VTHokie2000 09/24/2018 3:22PM

When SSN was created it specifically stated that it was not to be used for

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