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by bombcar 845 days ago
Some places (colleges were very bad about this) would use your SSN as both an ID and a password - so to buy at the cafeteria you’d swipe your student ID and your PIN was the last four of your social.

Some workplaces did it too. It’s mostly gone now, but pieces still remain.
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oefrha 845 days ago
Given that many college students don’t even have SSNs (international students have no reason to get one until they want to work somewhere), this makes zero sense. What college does this?
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bombcar 845 days ago
It was standard 20-30 years ago. International students would be "assigned" some number that may or may not overlap with an actual SSN.

Shit was wack, yo.

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