2011/11/26 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <[email protected]>: > SSN is just that: needed for social security. If you're Gill Bates, you > don't need an SSN since it's unlikely you'll ever be on the dole. It's > not mandatory. >
Not sure how did you get that impression. For example, you can not even get a post-paid cell phone or credit card without SSN. SSN was not created for this purpose, but in absence of national ID it has become a de-facto national ID. -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

