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Re: 'Little Red Book' Draws Government's Attention


From: Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:24:06 -0700

On 12/18/05, Troy Solo <solo () dok org> wrote:
Actually, at the first Uni I attended (when I thought a Bachelors in
English was going to be a good idea), we used our SSNs for everything
from logging into the Uni network (telnet into a VMS, no less) to using
our "pre-paid" cafeteria dollars.  I remember one Prof making us sign
all our tests with name and SSN... I wonder what he was up to...

Still SSN's are pretty easy to get at, you can even buy them from
ChoicePoint pretty cheaply.

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