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> In this country, people get a unique number when they’re born

Fun fact, social security numbers are not unique. [1] Apparently 40 million of them have been assigned to multiple names, and there's a 1 in 7 chance that any given SSN is not unique.

https://www.nbcnews.com/technolog/odds-someone-else-has-your...




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