SSNs have become a complete joke.<p>Like why would I need to give my SSN to register for an account to take the GRE exam?  And why would anyone ever make SSN an optional field?  If its not required why would you ever ask for it?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mygre.ets.org&#x2F;greweb&#x2F;createAcct&#x2F;createAcctMain.jsp" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mygre.ets.org&#x2F;greweb&#x2F;createAcct&#x2F;createAcctMain.jsp</a>