RE: Why it's easier today for a thief to guess your nine digits
you know up en-till around 2000 - 2002 my local unemployment office
wanted your SSN# every time you went in there and got any sort of job information, they would have you write it down on a piece of paper and then they would just toss it in the trash after words.
and if you refused to give them your SSN# then you wouldn't get any information on any jobs.