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  From: Camden Hutchison <crh2014@columbia.edu>
  To  : <cpc@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
  Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:53:05 -0400

Re: easy access to social security numbers

I was asked for (and gave) my social security number three times
today.  I don't even consider it sensitive.  I think of it more as
a convenient method for companies and the government to call up
information about me.  I assume that these entities have other
security procedures in place.

-Camden

>
> Hey everyone,
>
> Here's an article about how easy it is to find Social Security
> numbers on the web.
>
>
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20050404/ts_washpost/a23686_2005apr3
>
> I wonder how many identities will be stolen and how many
> fradulent
> accounts opened before credit card companies, insurance agents,
> and
> universities realize that Social Security numbers are no longer a
> good "secret" identifier for people. It seems like a person's
> Social Security number now is almost as easy to find as their
> name.
> (The other identifiers companies use, such as mother's maiden
> name,
> birthdate, etc. are probably not hard to locate either.) I wonder
> how long it will take before companies realize that another
> system
> is necessary if they want to be sure of people's identities.
>
> ~Caitlin
>
>
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