Comment on What happens when the US runs out of SSNs?
Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 weeks agoFrom the first link.
Unlike many similar numbers, Social Security numbers have no check digit.
From the second.
The Luhn algorithm is used to check or validate identification numbers to ensure their accuracy. Today, the algorithm verifies that a credit card or Social Security number was input and processed accurately.
remotelove@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Yeah, personally, I have questions about the luhn check myself. (I am not in a state to research more this evening, unfortunately.)
Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
I’ll save you the bother. It doesn’t have one. :)
If it did, there wouldn’t be enough numbers for everyone to have a unique one.