From: Jonah Bossewitch <jb2410@columbia.edu>
  To  : <cpc@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
  Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 00:49:35 -0400

Re: easy access to social security numbers

Will you send it to me? I promise to keep it very, very safe.

;-)

/jsb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Camden Hutchison" <crh2014@columbia.edu>
To: <cpc@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:53 PM
Subject: 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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