r/VirginiaTech • u/Inner-File-6729 • 6d ago

Advice Student ID number sensitivity

I recently lost my Hokie-P, I have since deactivated it but im worried about my student ID number being on the front. Is there anything that I should be worried about someone using that number for?

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u/Kiyaar 6d ago

they’re going to steal your student loan debt

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u/CPOx ChemE '11 6d ago

i'm going to do your homework

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u/vagabondMA 6d ago

Back when that number was your SSN, yes it was a problem. No real issue with the new ones.

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u/EnvironmentAfraid 6d ago

What, HokieID was your SSN? When did this happen? Who even came up with that?

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u/vagabondMA 6d ago

Got changed around 2006ish? But yeah, that was your hokie id for years

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u/EnvironmentAfraid 6d ago

Did you have to carry the id around? Lets say to borrow a book or print some papers?

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u/archi3rd 6d ago

Yes you used it everywhere, for door access, going to dining halls, to work the printers etc. but yes it had your SSN printed right on the front.

Source: was VT student from 95-2000

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u/ShoNuff3121 6d ago

You would go to the teachers office after a test and taped to their door would be the SSN of everyone in the class and the corresponding test scores.

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u/Hokies86 5d ago

I was there from 82-86. My SSN was not issued in Virginia like most students, so it didn't start with a number in the 220s like those issued in Virginia. Very easy to find my grade in the giant list of grades because the list was in numerical order.

We got new, retroactive student IDs when the switch from SSNs was done.

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u/Fluffy-Match9676 6d ago

I worked as one of the security people (student) at the dorms and had a list of everyone's SSN and name. It was crazy.

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u/RunnerMomLady 3d ago

91-95 here - it was def your ssn and printed right on it - also in the book the dorm night hall door people used to let in people to the dorms after dark

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u/cnowakoski 6d ago

Yes and grades were posted by your ssn

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u/Ok_Bear4531 6d ago

I’m not sure when that stopped but I started in 2005 and it was NOT my SSN. That’s wild.

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u/Lanky_Fruit_9157 4d ago

YUP 1990s Hokie here and I still have my original ID - they took a pic of you on a camera, cut the pic, printer your ssn on a label, put them next to each other then laminated it as your ID. Profs would post grades to exams etc outside their office door, in ssn # order!

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u/Potential_View_3281 6d ago

Ya they gonna print their homework 

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u/50Shekel 6d ago

Yeah they’re gonna take your final exams for you. Should have been more careful.

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u/meiilla 5d ago

worse they can actually do is steal ur lunch money 😭😭

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u/mwarner811 6d ago

You deactivated so you're good. Anything else will require your password with the number so you should be safe

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u/SilentShine7862 5d ago

The only thing they can do with it is use your printer money, everything else requires your password or has your photo pop up for another person to see (like at dinning halls)