What happens when the US runs out of SSNs? - eviltoast

SSN numbers are good for 999,999,999 people alive or dead. At some point the US will hit that, right? Do we start reusing numbers? Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

  • remotelove@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Yeah, personally, I have questions about the luhn check myself. (I am not in a state to research more this evening, unfortunately.)

    • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      2 months ago

      I’ll save you the bother. It doesn’t have one. :)

      If it did, there wouldn’t be enough numbers for everyone to have a unique one.