This is going to sound weird, but I wonder who they exposed with this.
Generally, in movies and TV shows they use fake phone numbers and social security numbers. There are clues when they do this. 555 phone number is clearly BS to pretty much everyone, but most people wouldn't even know what an invalid SSN looks like.
Today, I was rewatching an old series and someone gave their SSN as starting with 062. That is a valid prefix for a NY SSN, and any digits they gave after that may actually belong to a real person. But if they just made up numbers, and they exposed a live person's SSN, that's pretty messed up. For dead people they are freely available, because their account is closed. I can tell you Richard Nixon's SSN if you want to know. Your SSN is public record when you die.
In the course of my career, I know that there are certain first triple digits that could be used in the same way that 555 numbers are used for telephone numbers.
I might have to rewind a few episodes and research the SSN they used. If it is available, and they used a dead person's SSN, I'd like to know whose they used.
Generally, in movies and TV shows they use fake phone numbers and social security numbers. There are clues when they do this. 555 phone number is clearly BS to pretty much everyone, but most people wouldn't even know what an invalid SSN looks like.
Today, I was rewatching an old series and someone gave their SSN as starting with 062. That is a valid prefix for a NY SSN, and any digits they gave after that may actually belong to a real person. But if they just made up numbers, and they exposed a live person's SSN, that's pretty messed up. For dead people they are freely available, because their account is closed. I can tell you Richard Nixon's SSN if you want to know. Your SSN is public record when you die.
In the course of my career, I know that there are certain first triple digits that could be used in the same way that 555 numbers are used for telephone numbers.
I might have to rewind a few episodes and research the SSN they used. If it is available, and they used a dead person's SSN, I'd like to know whose they used.
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