[steveklabnik]

Yup. It was stated over and over again that SSNs were not supposed to be a form of ID, but nobody pays attention...

[jimktrains2]

I've always wondered how the SS administration deals with this. SSN _should_ be unique, but in practice they're not, so how do these people deal with taxes and _gasp_, social security?

[chid]

If I were to guess I'd say they use other ID factors such as name/dob