Pierce County did an "whoopsie"Submitted by GunHead416 t3_10gzn2e in Washington
blaaguuu t1_j55z79q wrote
Reply to comment by PNW_Explorer_16 in Pierce County did an "whoopsie" by GunHead416
While this is a pretty shitty situation - I feel like you have to give out your last 4 to so many institutions, and there is no way to validate that any of them have decent security practices, so I generally assume that the 'last 4' might as well be treated as public info, already...
JustARandomBloke t1_j560r41 wrote
The problem being if you know the last four and their birthday and where they were born you can recreate their full ssn.
flipfreakingheck t1_j571ea7 wrote
Wait, really?
JustARandomBloke t1_j572k5u wrote
The first 3 numbers are tied to specific geographic areas. The middle two are based on when you were born. The last 4 are a unique number.
adamr_ t1_j573mze wrote
This used to be true, and so still is for all eligible voters, but since 2011 SSNs have been generated randomly.
WhiteWashTXP t1_j583xh2 wrote
I wonder why I have a NY ssn when I was born in WA, I'm 23 lol.
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Bigbluebananas t1_j5744ep wrote
So theoretically you can get their social by finding their place of birth and date- after you get the special 4 digits?
JustARandomBloke t1_j574hpl wrote
Yes, though another poster said this is only true for those born before 2011.
Bigbluebananas t1_j576zmg wrote
Man... thats friggin bonkers to me
renownbrewer t1_j58eafh wrote
You used to be able to guess Wa. driver's license numbers with key information and there was even an embedded check sum.
script372 t1_j587ejx wrote
Not necessarily where they were born but where they applied… and it wasn’t until 1987 that people were assigned an SS # at birth.
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