Did you know that Jake has inputted his SSN to Twitch’s site, only to get the affiliate rank?
He might as well display his SSN on stream in big red lettering, because by giving it to Amazon, it has already been compromised.
DO NOT SHARE YOUR SSN TO ANYONE WHO ISN’T THE GOVERNMENT! IT IS VERY SENSITIVE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE USED TO TAKE LOANS IN YOUR NAME!!!
simple solution: don’t have a ssn or just acknowledge the fact that twitch requires your ssn for legal reasons and give it. correct me if i’m wrong but don’t employers require ssn as well? saying don’t give it to anyone except the government is bad advice as you’ll just end up unemployed.
(i don’t know too much about ssn because i live in a country that doesn’t use them)
Yes, but that’s a different situation - it is written on an official form on paper, which goes straight to the government and doesn’t even touch the internet.
Well actually I have not because our twitch is owned by the company and not by me so yes they have our company number but that’s public information anyway
That actually quite makes sense. I didn’t watch your streams since I learned that Twitch wants to collect your SSN, I might actually reconsider my decision.
UPDATE: I was now at a psychologist and even she has confirmed that your SSN has no place on the internet, “only use it for government or insurance purposes and places you want to work at”.
by becoming a twitch affiliate aren’t you technically being employed by twitch which is why they require your SSN if applicable? you stream on their platform, they monetize it and then pay you. sounds a lot like employment.