On Sun, 7 Aug 1994 nobody@shell.portal.com wrote:
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Brian Lane <blane@squeaky.free.org> asked:
I filled out a credit app at Sears last month that asked for my SSN, I didn't give it and didn't get credit either. What exactly is SS related use? Banks, Employment only?
Employers are REQUIRED to obtain an SSAN for tax purposes, as are banks for reporting interest, etc. to the IRS. Regarding credit, they generally ask for an SSAN because that's the "unique personal identifier" that most credit bureaus index your records by (and still screw them up, even then!).
--- Diogenes
Yep, you give them the numbers and they still mess it up. My boss's credit report had him with 2 Sears cards, one not his. My friend's credit report showed that he had a lein agains his house(he doesn't own one), a reposses car(not true), garnished(sp?) wages(not true). Pretty sad. I guess a nation ID card/number/barcode/embedded microchip would solve this, wouldn't it? I can see us making the progression - in 10 years all newborns will have a small uP implanted into their hand(ala Demolition Man) that will keep track of all their electronic data. Scares the crap out of me. Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linux : The choice of a GNU generation | finger blane@free.org witty comments pending | for PGP key and subLit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------