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TexasTowelie

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Fri Apr 14, 2017, 04:31 AM Apr 2017

Real ID debate prompts fears about disclosure of Alaskans' Social Security numbers

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker's administration this week said it's trying to pull back its participation in a multistate driver's license database that critics fear could expose Alaskans' Social Security numbers if it were hacked.

The state Division of Motor Vehicles has been sending the last five digits of residents' Social Security numbers to the multistate agency that runs the database, which is used to ensure applicants don't have licenses in more than one state.

But with the Walker administration pressuring lawmakers to bring the state into compliance with the federal Real ID Act, it's run into questions about its collaboration with the agency on its existing licenses and what could happen if the database was breached.

Current Alaska licenses are not Real ID compliant.

Read more: https://www.adn.com/politics/2017/04/13/real-id-debate-prompts-fears-about-disclosure-of-alaskans-social-security-numbers/

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Real ID debate prompts fears about disclosure of Alaskans' Social Security numbers (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2017 OP
Not all states use SSN for drivers' licenses. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #1

PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. Not all states use SSN for drivers' licenses.
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 11:20 AM
Apr 2017

In fact, some years back I lived in a state where they either used your SS# or you could ask for a non SS# on your license. I opted for the latter. And my current state uses a 9 digit not a SS# for my license #.

So that's not exactly something that will find people with licenses in more than one state. Besides, why can't you have more than one drivers' license?

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