Yet the cellphone number is not a legally regulated piece of information like a Social Security number, which companies are required to keep private.
It never fails to amaze me that every tax and financial document I get displays only the last 4 digits of my Social Security number with the SOLE exception the 1099 I get from the Social Security Administration, which displays my entire number.
And further, Medicare cards also display their holders' entire SSNs, thereby putting seniors, who are most at risk of identity theft, at even greater risk.
Why isn't the government, too, required to protect Americans? (Yes, I've written to my elected officials.
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