As a European/French, why is the SSN so important to Americans ? I mean my SSN in France was automatically generated at my birth (basically from my birth gender, date, location, and the Nth baby I was this year in this location). I could generate the correct SSN of most my close friends from my head to maybe 3 digits on the first try if I had to.
They took a bit more than that ok (credit card numbers, but you can't do much with this without the CVV and the expiration date anyway, and you'll need to send a confirmation to your bank anyway).
They took a bit more than that ok (credit card numbers, but you can't do much with this without the CVV and the expiration date anyway, and you'll need to send a confirmation to your bank anyway).
So why is that such a big deal ?