> So yes, using non-SSN based unique ID is key here. The Handle will > obviously change over time. The Key shouldn't since people don't > change over time. Famous last words... :]
Even apart from the privacy issues, which are large, the SSN is not unique, even combined with a full name IIRC, and is undesirable in many ways from a database perspective. The literature on this is out there, but I can't find my favorite one just now. All the top hits on Google just refer to each other, or mention this as a fact without supporting evidence. But http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v69n2/v69n2p55.html has a nice story about the SSN on a sample card that went out in wallets, and 5,755 people, at the peak, were submitting earnings reports using it. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
