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[–] Algaroth@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We do that in Sweden as well. Our social security numbers are that plus 4 unique numbers. The beers I send out to stores have yyyy-mm-dd printed at the bottom.

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

So no more than 10 thousands of Swedes may get an SSN at the same day (or be born at the same day even 🤔)?

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[–] Algaroth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hasn't been a problem so far. I'm guessing maybe they will add numbers or use letters if it comes up. They recentled started doing that on license plates.

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