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17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Timothy C. May wrote:
Indeed, I protected my privacy decades ago by discarding my issued SSN and substituting a different one. This "phony SSN" is what I use on my tax returns, my credit cards, and for my employers.
Ha! None of them know that this is not my True Social Security Number!
By this I protect my privacy.
Brilliant! Little do they know that when they analyze your spending patterns, your addresses, your employment, your education, and your kids, they're really investigating something that has NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU! [Just in case there are people too thick to understand "subtlety."] -rich