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		jimktrains2 on April 7, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dead Man's Switch I've always wondered how the SS administration deals with this. SSN _should_ be unique, but in practice they're not, so how do these people deal with taxes and _gasp_, social security?

chid on April 8, 2014 [–]

If I were to guess I'd say they use other ID factors such as name/dob

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