archive 21: Social Security Card redesign gets the green light by Commissioner Michael Astrue 4/07

If your child was born after October 1st, 2007, he or she will own the SSN Card I redesigned with a team of Social Security employees.

Though I cannot disclose to the public the exact nature of the feature, I created a covert security asset in the new SSN card that both utilizes existing resources and further prevents forgery. All I can really say is that it’s a trick – fooling the forger into believing a fixed element in the card is actually random as well as transposing infrared sensitive inks. I know that doesn’t make any sense.

This feature added no cost to the administration or consumer.