Back when laptops containing SS #s were getting stolen every week, we mused about doing a chart like this. Then we thought, nah, NYT will do one and do it a lot better than we ever could.

Lo and behold, they did, click to enlarge, although we found their color scheme bland and decided to punch it up a little. — BEN POPKEN

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