Your Social Insecurity Number
If you were born before 2011, there’s a good chance I can guess your social security number (SSN). June 25, 2011 was when the Social Security Administration finally starting issuing random SSNs. But before then, they were surprising predictable. If you’re American, you’re asked for your xxx-xx-xxxx 9-digit SSN all the time. It’s the closest thing we have in this country to a national ID number. Your first three digits are a geographic location code (area number) based on