Actually you can find someoneu2019s SSN, but it will require the expense of hiring a Private Detective. They generally have their u201cback channels.u201dOf course itu2019s unethical. When I was working for Social Security there were several high profile busts of staff selling peopleu2019s information to various u201cbrokers.u201d They were forced to do u201cperp walksu201d though their offices, hand-cuffed, head down, escorted by U.S. Marshalls. Not an inspiring sight.But thereu2019s always another rodent ready to accept the cheese. Rats: a never-ending problem in the Social Security Administration.