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		2OEH8eoCRo0 on Aug 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People A SSN should be useless anyway. It shouldn't matter any more than your mailing address being out there.

slg on Aug 18, 2021 [–]

I agree and they were generally designed with that intention. The reason they aren't used that way is because we have no other means of federal ID.

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