On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Dan Kaminsky <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Dan Kaminsky <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Did anyone actually read the ruling? >> > They're basically saying a SSN# isn't an identity. >> > >> > Given that SSN#'s aren't actually unique in the population, they're, you >> > know, right. >> Expand, please. >> > > http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/social_security.html > > Information about an individual's place and date of birth can be > exploited to predict his or her Social Security number (SSN). Ah! They are unique. However, they are also predictable.
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