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Ain't that the truth. I think I've hit overload capacity. When asked for my driver license number I have to take out the card and look. Not even going to try to remember those 7 numbers.
Stupidly enough, I still remember the one letter, seven number drivers license from my former state but I'm not even going to begin to try to memorize the one letter, nine number one of my current state where we've been for four years.
How can anyone not remember their social security number???? Guess I have known it all my life. I know my husbands by heart too. And no I don't have a good memory but certain things can and should be memorized.
Now my drivers license is another story. Hubby (being a truck driver) does not understand how I don't know my driver's license number. Maybe it is a female thing. Most men probably remember their drivers license and most women know their ssn.
Yup they put my social security number right on the front of the card so everyone can copy it. I thought you were supposed to conceal your ss# to deter identity theft. Now every health facility and insurance company has your personal information. Every person in the doctors office has access to your ss#. Sometimes I think the government is run by idiots.
I totally agree as identity theft is a huge problem, just ask anyone who has been a victim. Today, with all the fancy phones, we won't need to carry cards much longer so I think keeping our privacy will become more difficult.
Recently, there was a news report about some retail stores taking your photo with hidden cameras while you enter the store and while you are paying with your credit card. So why do they not only need a valid card but also your photo. The level of data mining today is disgusting.
Police departements photograph license plate numbers so anyone can track where you go and what you do. I have nothing to hide, but some this is really getting annoying.
mine either. What state puts ssn on driver's licenses?
Kansas.
Or at least they did up until I moved in 2002.
I had bad dreams about losing or having my handbag stolen - someone would have access to my signature on my DLs (to forge), my SS#, my home address, my checkbook, my credit cards, etc.
Add to that all the info available from genealogy websites. Most credit cards ask you for your mother's maiden name, along with your birth date and SS# as a way to identify you if you call in on the phone, for ex, to report your card stolen.
Do not ever give your mother's maiden name to anyone!!!! I have a different name I made up and that is what I give them.
If someone has your address, your full name, your SS#, your mother's maiden name . . . they can hack into any account, including utilities, bank account, etc. without much trouble at all.
Our SS#s are out there - all over the place. No surprise it would show up on any government issued card.
Last edited by brokensky; 07-23-2013 at 10:58 AM..
In this day-and-age I find that preferable to being issued yet another number. As has been pointed out, our SSNs are already "out there" anyway. My head is already full enough of numbers, including really important ones like my wife's birthdays and our anniversary. I don't really need any more.
By the way, the military now uses your SSN as your service number, has done so for years and it's displayed on your ID card for the world (PX, commissary, medical facilities, etc.) to see.
The military has stopped doing this, but it used to. I recall being in boot camp and training school and we put our SSNs as part of our return address. In those days, you didn't have identity theft in the way we do now---there was no internet back then. Now when military are issued their CAC (common access card) they're SSN is not on their. Also, retiree cards do not have SSN on them anymore.
For the most part, trying to hide your information does very little. Your best bet is safety in numbers, that is, there is so much information out there, thieves are more likely to get someone else's info. Your best protection is to review your banking and credit cards online at least weekly. If you see a questionable charge, you can research it. There have been several times where I found a vendor name I didn't recognize, realizing later it was a vendor using a service to process cards. I've also found a couple of fraudulent charges I got reversed or the bank did before they got out of pending status. I've also started using creditkarma.com, checking it at least once a month for new card activity. They also simulate your credit score.
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Cannot imagine social security NOT using the social security number. Let me see, if you do not need a social security number for social security then social security just stops issuing the number~~~problem solved.
And Iowa used to use SSN on DL~ stopped in about 2000. PS. I knew my CDL number but don't remember current DL number~ do know SSN but it was my military # for 19 of the 20 years I was in.
Remember my 2 zip codes~ cell number~ current addresses. Most everything else I can selectively choose to forget.
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