Garth Brown writes: ---------- | From: Garth Brown (Semaphore Software) <v-garthb> | To: <cypherpunks@toad.com>; <owner-cypherpunks@toad.com> | Subject: RE: CreditCard info | Date: Sunday, August 07, 1994 5:41PM | | It's my understanding that it's technically illegal for anyone to require | your SSN for anything if they are not using it for SS related purposes. | I had heard that congress passed a law when SSNs were issued to this | effect. | | Am I hallucinating, or has someone else heard this too?! | I have heard this also. On a related note it is also no longer legal to require credit cards for identification when writing a check. Mike. ===================================================== Mike Markley <mmarkley@microsoft.com> I'm not a Microsoft spokesperson. All opinions expressed here are mine. =====================================================