ADIZ Violation Explained in AOPA Magazine

Terry wrote in
:

Seems to be to me, that everyone's SS number is "out there" and here's
why.

1) Can't get a credit card without one.
2) Drivers license.
3) Most hospitals require it.
4) Social Security has it (and their data base has been compromised
int he past.)
5) Phone company (cell and landline require it)

And probably lot's more places like buying a home etc.

So, I wonder just how one can keep the number private?

Not easily, I'll admit.

The problem is that people were giving it out so freely
to begin with due to their own complacency/ignorance/gullibity.
Now it's like **** in the ocean. Because so many people so
willingly allowed their SSN to be used for things it was
never intended to be used for, it's now considered normal
and everyone expects you to just cough it up whenever they
ask for it.

It's become this way because people allowed it to. And it
didn't happen overnight.

Reversing the course won't happen overnight either. But if
people start refusing to allow their SSN to be used so
gratuitously, things will turn around.

It'll take time. It won't be easy at first. But if people
want to change things, they have to start somewhere.

Unfortunately, I realize it probably won't happen without
something forcing the issue, such as government legislation.
Most people are all too willing to bitch and moan about a
problem, but how many of them are actually willing to do
something, even a little thing, to change it.

It's always "let someone else fix it".

sigh

Brian
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