Found my SSN in a cookie?!?!?!

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Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: Cal166
Universities/Colleges used to use your SSN for everything as well.

My school had a policy that you could put your student ID anywhere they asked for your SSN. The campus cops didn't like that when I went to get my parking pass, called dispatch and had my SSN read to them over unencrypted airwaves. I would have grabbed the man by the shirt and pulled him across the counter to scream at him if he was anyone other than a .45 cal carrying cop. Some cops are FVCKED UP :| :| :| :| :|

Bwahaha. Yeah, I'll bet.

It must be difficult for you to conduct business with the bank or to place orders over the phone, huh. What do you use a STU-III?

 

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Originally posted by: Zedtom

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: aircooled
Your name and date of birth is worth more than your SSN.

Mother's maiden name trumps all.

These are all readily available with a genealogical search.
Try googling you name, or your father's, etc.

I had a distant relative send me a huge family history with names, birthdates, parents, and cousins. I was at first surprised, then concerned with all of the information that is in public records.

Oh I'm sure it's not difficult to find - and yet it's frequently used as an identifier by credit card companies. Last time I called Citi to change something on my account I believe all I needed was my CC# and my mother's maiden name.