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> So it was not “private, personal, info” but rather the opposite — information that users wanted to publicize widely

SSN is not private, personal info?

I've never met anyone online or offline who wanted to publicize their SSN widely. Oh wait... that LifeLock dude.... https://www.wired.com/2010/05/lifelock-identity-theft/

SNS is meant to mean SN's, or "screennames". This (now-outdated) term refers to messenger accounts (AIM/ICQ) in the pre-Facebook world.

SNS, not SSNs.

SNS almost certainly refers to either:

1) Student numbers

2) Screen names (like for AIM)

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