I was never told I had a choice. In fact, GI Joes told me I could not get a license without all of the information. So I would have to sue them to get licensed without giving up my SSN#. That's the way it is in my world. If in your world there is no big brother, good for you. But I like to keep my foot on his neck. If I dont, he has and will again "STEP ON MINE". I guess if you have something to lose (like a govt. job), all this "paranoid" talk is personally threatning. I dont, and it's not!