17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
5:17 p.m.
On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Declan McCullagh wrote:
I had the same problems when I was working at Xerox in Webster, NY. Supermarkets just plain didn't want to accept my passport as valid ID.
More recently, I attended an IEEE conference at MITRE in Virginia. To enter the building, they required you to fill out a form listing your SSN. The forms were taped to the guard's desk, in full view of anyone who was curious.
I was horrified and gave a random number.
You should always be horrified, and always give a random number. -- I hate lightning - finger for public key - Vote Monarchist unicorn@schloss.li