Social Security Numbers Can Be Predicted With Public Information

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Mon, 07/06/2009 - 21:15

Researchers have shown that public information readily gleaned from governmental sources, commercial data bases, or online social networks can be used to routinely predict most -- and sometimes all -- of an individual's nine-digit Social Security number.

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