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minus-square iAmTheTot ( @iAmTheTot@kbin.social ) linkfedilink49•edit-26 months agoWhy exactly did a telecom company need SSNs anyway? Edited to add, this was a rhetorical question and more a comment on the awful series of systems in the USA that leads a SSN to be used by telecom companies.
minus-square Melkath ( @Melkath@kbin.social ) linkfedilink29•6 months agoTo collaborate more effectively with the NSA and CIA.
minus-square Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoAntifraud
minus-square Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•6 months agoIt could be worse, companies could be asking for phones and then treating them as a SSN. Oh wait…
Why exactly did a telecom company need SSNs anyway?
Edited to add, this was a rhetorical question and more a comment on the awful series of systems in the USA that leads a SSN to be used by telecom companies.
To collaborate more effectively with the NSA and CIA.
Antifraud
It could be worse, companies could be asking for phones and then treating them as a SSN. Oh wait…