WTH Facebook? Generally,  I don’t have a problem giving out my SSN. That might seem contrary to the advice I give, but frankly, our SSNs are everywhere and if my insurance company needs it, I’ll generally just question them on it, maybe resist a bit, and if they insist, and I need that insurance policy, I’ll cough it up.

My identityin regards to “new account fraud” is protected via a credit freeze and I alsohave identity theft protection in place. So between the two, I’m pretty lockeddown. This is the advice I give everyone. So I’m generally not alarmed orconcerned when asked for my SSN.

BUT, todayfriggin Facebook asked for it and of all the company’s or government agency’son the planet to ask for this level of personal identifying sensitiveinformation, Facebook is the world’s single most notorious abuser of privacy inthe history of the world.

There havebeen countless breaches and privacy issues with Facebook and this is so overthe top I can’t even believe they have the nuts to ask for a copy of my SocialSecurity card.

Here’s how it played out….An email came in from Facebook subject line “Your sales are on hold”  with the message:

Hi Robert Siciliano: Security Awareness Fraud & Personal Security Expert,

When Robert Siciliano: Security Awareness Fraud & Personal Security Expert’s shop was set up, Robert Siciliano’s information was entered. To help keep Facebook secure, we need to confirm the identity of people representing a business on Facebook or Instagram.

Your sales have been temporarily put on hold until we can confirm Robert’s information. This is a standard process and should only take a few minutes to complete.

Once you confirm Robert’s information, you’ll be able to receive payments again.

Thanks,
The Facebook Team

WTH?!! OK, sure. So I sell my books on my Facebook page ande-commerce is involved. There’s a tax thing going on here. But they aren’tasking for my EIN or are engaging me in a formal process to vet my viability asa tax payer. They are asking for a copy of my SSN in the form of a scan to“verify” me!

I clicked a link on Facebook to see where this debacle wouldtake me and see here:

So I clicked “Contact Us” to voice my frustration and myresponse was:

And I’ll repeat: “Screw off. I’m not sending Facebook a copyof my SSN card. WTH is wrong with you? What are my other options?

Stay tuned for how this BS turns out.

To be continued. Robert.