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Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk

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On 2018-08-27, Nyssa <Nyssa@flawlesslogic.com> wrote:

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> I also wonder why T-Mobile or any cell service provider
> would need to know a customer's social security number.

Because, contrary to the original requirements (and indeed, to the
SS Admin's charter) the SSN has become an ID number.

> Talk about an invitation for mischief and mayhem!

Quite.

> Nyssa, who won't give out her SS number unless it's to
> a government agency with a need to know

https://www.allclearid.com/personal/when-you-can-say-no-to-providing-your-social-security-number/

I tried to open a bank account in the USA a few years ago, for entirely
innocuous reasons (my parents live there) and was told, wrongly, by a
number of banks that I couldn't do so because I do not have an SSN (on
account of not living in or being a citizen of the USA.)

There doesn't seem to be a "Falsehoods Programmers Believe ..." list
about SSNs, although there are some applicable points here;

https://samphippen.com/falsehoods-dev/

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[Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2018-08-26 14:06 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2018-08-27 09:05 +0000
    Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk mausg@mail.com - 2018-08-27 15:23 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Nyssa <Nyssa@flawlesslogic.com> - 2018-08-27 09:23 -0400
    Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2018-08-27 13:58 +0000
    Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-08-27 15:30 +0100
      Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Nyssa <Nyssa@flawlesslogic.com> - 2018-08-27 12:38 -0400
    Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2018-08-27 15:58 +0000
    Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2018-08-27 22:52 +0000
      Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2018-08-28 08:16 +0300
        Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-08-28 11:23 +0000
        Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2018-08-28 18:04 +0000
          Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-08-28 23:21 +0000
      Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2018-08-28 07:52 +0000
      Re: [Link Posting] Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2018-08-28 11:03 +0000

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