A searchable list of every SSN, just in case you've forgotten one and need to look it up.
Almost one hundred years ago, the U.S. government created the Social Security Number (SSN) for the sole purpose of tracking the earnings histories of workers.
This ultimately was widely considered as a bad move, as it was used for purposes far beyond its original intent.
If someone obtains your SSN with other PII, they can commit identity theft and credit card fraud (including opening credit card accounts in your name).
No. They are unnecessarily requested, and improperly stored, including written on the back of napkins and sometimes emails en masse to wrong recipients.
- The first three digits are the area number
- The next two digits are the group number
- The final four digits are the serial number
This changed in 2011 when SSNs started being randomized, regardless of the issuing state.
This is forked from the really cool project that is everyuuid.com which solved all the hard problems to make this happen.