OT: Things with your SSN on it.

[GloryDawg]

I got to looking and this is what I found.
1. Old Driver License--found in a kitchen drawer.
2. Miss State student ID--found in my dresser drawer
3. Honorable discharge certificate from the Marine Corps-----Hanging on my office wall. That wasn't bright.
4. My Dog Tags from the Marine Corps.--My daughter had them on her key chain.

Crazy it was put on the stuff it was put on back in the day. I am continuing looking now.

 

[HotMop]

How about having to write it on checks at Sack and Save.

 

[militarydog]

How about having to write it on checks at Sack and Save.

Yeah I can remember people having their SS# and their spouse SS# printed on their checks.

 

[ZombieKissinger]

Tattooed across the bosom of my ex wife

 

[ZombieKissinger]

Tattooed across the bosom of my ex wife

This is so she knew which trailer to stumble back to after a long night at The Rusty Nail

 

[ZombieKissinger]

This is so she knew which trailer to stumble back to after a long night at The Rusty Nail

Because obviously you put your SSN on your trailer door

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Never give nobody, your SS#, , Date of birth, mothers madien last name,

Write it down, remember it. Live by it.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

How about having to write it on checks at Sack and Save.

Early 80s, there was a time when we hate to write tag numbers on our checks at the Jitney Junior.

 

[patdog]

I think we can all just assume our SSN and other identifying information is out there for sale on the dark web. In the unlikely case it’s not, it will be.

 

[GloryDawg]

I think we can all just assume our SSN and other identifying information is out there for sale on the dark web. In the unlikely case it’s not, it will be.

I'm probably working in a chicken plant in Arkansas and don't even know it.

 

[WrapItDog]

If you bought real estate in MS prior to about 20 years ago your SS# is probably a public record on the deed or deed of trust at the courthouse

 

[Dawgbite]

My dad was a mechanic by trade. He had a large amount of Snap On tools. He engraved his SSN on most of them to keep other people from walking off with them. I have a lot of them in my tool box today. It wasn't a big deal back in the 60's and 70's.

 

[Fritz!]

It is plainly stated on the card that it is not to be used for identification ****

 

[DawgsNCowboys87]

My dad was a mechanic by trade. He had a large amount of Snap On tools. He engraved his SSN on most of them to keep other people from walking off with them. I have a lot of them in my tool box today. It wasn't a big deal back in the 60's and 70's.

Until the internet days came around. Now there’s almost no limits to what people will do if they get your SS# surely with all the bright minds out there they had to know this would be a potential problem in the future. This the USA, I mean cmon. Not a 3rd world country. Seems like someone would’ve realized the security threat it could become.. I don’t mean just your example at all just in general how freely SSN#s were shared

 

[PooPopsBaldHead]

I have some redeployment paperwork Army gave me. The first 20 pages is a list of my entire battalion's name, DOB, and social. Only thing missing is naked pictures of everyone. Figured if I got it, so did the other 800+/- people.

 

[goindhoo]

If you bought real estate in MS prior to about 20 years ago your SS# is probably a public record on the deed or deed of trust at the courthouse

I’d probably say it’s closer to 40 years ago. But point remains

 

[J-Dawg]

I think we can all just assume our SSN and other identifying information is out there for sale on the dark web. In the unlikely case it’s not, it will be.

Most definitely is.

I just went through the whole ordeal. Someone attempted to blitz-open 5 credit cards in my name. Thankfully, I have credit monitoring through my bank and was notified of the new hard inquiries before the accounts went active, so no charges were incurred.

Fraud rep that I spoke to said the same: it’s nearly impossible to not have all your information floating around out there. If you’ve ever had any type of credit, loan, mortgage etc in your name it’s essentially a guarantee.

 

[intouch2018]

Years ago in humphrey coliseum I met and conversed with an older couple that sat beside me for the season. During the season we started talking and we figured out that the wife was one of my student teachers in grade school. Later on she shared that they were cleaning out their garage and she ran across some papers and grade reports from her student teaching semester that had my name and info. I know during that time SSN was the unique identifier.

 

[Wesson Bulldog]

My identity was stolen a few years ago. My credit score went up dramatically. I sent the guy a thank you note.

 

[1msucub]

I was as State for most of the 90’s, and a lot of us…..I mean a TON of us…..wrote our SSN on our textbooks to identify them as ours.

It’s amazing how simple/innocent/naive a time that it was compared to now. What on earth will 2053 look like compared to 2023 if we are still here?

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

My dad was a mechanic by trade. He had a large amount of Snap On tools. He engraved his SSN on most of them to keep other people from walking off with them. I have a lot of them in my tool box today. It wasn't a big deal back in the 60's and 70's.

I'd liked that dude. Today would he be a Dewalt or Milwaukee man?

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

I have some redeployment paperwork Army gave me. The first 20 pages is a list of my entire battalion's name, DOB, and social. Only thing missing is naked pictures of everyone. Figured if I got it, so did the other 800+/- people.

I've seen this dozens of times, even in the early 2000s.

 

[Shmuley]

I got to looking and this is what I found.
1. Old Driver License--found in a kitchen drawer.
2. Miss State student ID--found in my dresser drawer
3. Honorable discharge certificate from the Marine Corps-----Hanging on my office wall. That wasn't bright.
4. My Dog Tags from the Marine Corps.--My daughter had them on her key chain.

Crazy it was put on the stuff it was put on back in the day. I am continuing looking now.

My business partner, who is an honorably discharged jarhead, was literally forced to disassemble his Honorable Discharge Certificate so that he could cover over his SSN with a piece of paper and tape and then reassemble the thing to display.

marine = my @$$ rides in navy equipment

 

[thatsbaseball]

I was as State for most of the 90’s, and a lot of us…..I mean a TON of us…..wrote our SSN on our textbooks to identify them as ours.

It’s amazing how simple/innocent/naive a time that it was compared to now. What on earth will 2053 look like compared to 2023 if we are still here?

When I was there banks still offered counter checks....talkin about innocent .

 

[Dawgbite]

I'd liked that dude. Today would he be a Dewalt or Milwaukee man?

Mostly Dewalt but he loved a Makita cordless drill. He didn’t buy cheap tools that’s for sure. About a year ago the Snap On truck was next door and I had one of his screwdrivers that the handle had become brittle and broken. I went over to get a new handle on it. The guy went in his truck and came back with a brand new screwdriver, I told him I just wanted a new handle. He said that they didn’t replace handles anymore, just replaced the whole tool. I got my old broken handled screwdriver back.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

I got to looking and this is what I found.
1. Old Driver License--found in a kitchen drawer.
2. Miss State student ID--found in my dresser drawer
3. Honorable discharge certificate from the Marine Corps-----Hanging on my office wall. That wasn't bright.
4. My Dog Tags from the Marine Corps.--My daughter had them on her key chain.

Crazy it was put on the stuff it was put on back in the day. I am continuing looking now.

All checks from the bank had name, address, socials.

 

[HailStout]

I think we can all just assume our SSN and other identifying information is out there for sale on the dark web. In the unlikely case it’s not, it will be.

My information was stolen in one of the first big identify theft events when I was training at the VA 20 years ago. I have had multiple credit cards started in my name that I have had to shut down. I have had LifeLock for years. Every year or so I get a notification that my information is changing hands on the dark web. It used to bother me. Now I shrug my shoulders. It’s just the new normal.

 

[GloryDawg]

marine = my @$$ rides in navy equipment

The thing I really miss the most are the free rides.

 

[RocketDawg]

My information was stolen in one of the first big identify theft events when I was training at the VA 20 years ago. I have had multiple credit cards started in my name that I have had to shut down. I have had LifeLock for years. Every year or so I get a notification that my information is changing hands on the dark web. It used to bother me. Now I shrug my shoulders. It’s just the new normal.

We have LifeLock as well. Do you think it actually does any good?

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

I'm really glad we have that filter that stars out your SSN to other people whenever you type it into the Internet.

Do y'all still see stars when I type ***-**-****? I'm going to see if I can still see the numbers.

Edit: yes, it still works!

 

[Ddog]

My SSN # is rated a 2* on the dark web…

 

[Baddog11]

lol @ writing it on checks at the super save. Yep , remember that.

 

[AROB44]

lol @ writing it on checks at the super save. Yep , remember that.

and did you actually write your correct SSN? I never did. Just made one up.

 

[HailStout]

We have LifeLock as well. Do you think it actually does any good?

Makes me feel better, but sometimes I think that is about it. It would have caught all those credit cards if I had it then though. That’s why I keep paying for it

 

[Baddog11]

and did you actually write your correct SSN? I never did. Just made one up.

They doubled checked it with your driver’s license or would sometimes even write it down themselves while you showed the I.d. Writing a fake number was automatic parchman.