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On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 11:10:08AM +0100, [email protected] wrote: > > > 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. > > Wrong answer. Federal laws do not stop people from doing stupid > things and they do not stop people from doing illegal things. > > What we need is a Hollywood blockbuster in which some highschool > hackers wreak havoc by aquiring SSNs from gradesheets and using /////// criminals > mother's maiden names to steal lots of money and identities. > Then, pointy-haired bosses will ask their sysadmins to make sure > that it can't happen in their department. > > Hollywood movies change people's behavior. Federal laws do not. "Mr President, did you see that movie about an Ebola outbreak in the US a couple of years ago?" "Yes...?" "The budget for that movie was quite a bit more then the total annual funding in the US to study Ebola and related viruses." Cheers, -- jr '</OT>' a -- 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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