On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:27:55 -0500, Metspitzer
wrote:

I was talking on the phone with my cousin today. She has worked as a
substitute teacher in several schools. She is between jobs. One of
the things she mentioned was that they require her to furnish her SSN
on job applications. Since the wrong person could do some serious
damage with your SSN, I really think it is a bad idea to have to
furnish them for a job application.


How would she get SS credits, otherwise?

I went online tonight to put a hold on a book at the library. The
library is using the first 4 numbers of my SSN in their "primary
identification" field.

That seems like a violation of security to me.

Why? A bank account or real estate transaction requires a SS number.

It does say on the SS card - not to be used for identification or
words similar.

Never heard of asking for the first four numbers. Years ago, maybe
not today, the first three numbers did identify which state the SS
number was issued.

A guy at work showed me how to tell my SS number from my driver's
license number. Forget the method, but he was dead-nut on.