[audeyisaacs]

>They would probably pick something more secure than the government did

The government did NOT pick SSN's for ID. SSN cards used to have 'not to be used for identification purposes'. It was the private sector that appropriated SSN's as ID's. What the government failed in is adequately prohibiting and enforcing a prohibition of this type of use.

[lend000]

So the private sector picked the default Taxpayer Identification Number the IRS uses? I find that dubious at best.