On the rise lately…
A while back we had our roof replaced and the roofing company offered a discount to veterans…just show a copy of your DD 214. He took a picture of it with his phone and then later I was looking at it and it has my SSN printed right on it. So now some roofer is walking around with my SSN on his phone!
A lot of mechanics used to inscribe their SSN on their tools ( I just put my name on mine). A guy asked to borrow my Blue Point straight edge and later when I needed it he gave me his (same one) because mine was at his house. I got it out the other day and his SSN is clearly scribed right on it.