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On a job application site for my local government it reveals if a specific social security has been used or not on that site. The site is very outdated.

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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 39 points 1 day ago

If you’d like this information told more wittily, watch CGPGrey’s video “Your Social Security Card is Insecure” (7:49).