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On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 09:49:06AM +0930, Mark Newton wrote: > On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 05:12:18PM -0700, Adam McKenna wrote: > > On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 11:59:17PM +0000, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: > > > Yet another unfortunate disclosure... > > > http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163701121 > > > > I wonder when schools are going to get the hint and stop using SSN's as ID > > numbers.. > > Around about whenever the US Federal Government gets the hint and > passes a bill which makes it illegal to use social security numbers > for any purpose other than the administration of social security. Though that isn't the major problem. <ot record="broken"> The major problem, as has been pointed out in Privacy and RISKS digests in the past dozens of times, is that people persist in using as authenticators things (like SSN's, Mother's Maiden Name, etc) which are patently not suitable for that. </ot> Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates The Things I Think '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system administrator. Or two. --me
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