On Tue, 22 May 2001, Faustine wrote:
>If some fed thought it would be a "fine public service" to post all of OUR
>social security numbers online (truly easier than you know) would you still
>think this was anything to be glad about? The fact that such a powerful ID
>number exists on anyone at all is the real outrage, why not focus on that.
Here we have SSN's assigned at birth, and they're everywhere - mine's
080978-0173. The difference is, people tend to realize that knowledge of the
identifier does not constitute proof of identity.
If the threat is other people, security through obscurity won't cut it. If
the threat is the government, they already have the number. So what's the
big deal with disclosure?
>Promoting the idea of "no expectation of privacy for anyone, especially
>people I don't like" hardly seems like a good idea.
Well, that's the only way to do it without resorting to security through
obscurity.
Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], gsm: +358-50-5756111
student/math+cs/helsinki university, http://www.iki.fi/~decoy/front
