Our Fearless Leader Writes:
This reminds me of a hack I heard about some years back.
There's a way to generate a number for any person which is unique. It is not shared by anyone else on the planet.
Best of all, this number can be generated without use of a computer, without entry of any allegedly random numbers, and without any hashing of personal data. It's not necessarily a real short number, certainly not as short as an SS number.
And best of all, the cost is low. Just a dollar, in fact.
I'll explain later.
Hmmmmm. How about taking a dollar, appropriating its serial number for your personal number, and then burning the dollar to prevent reuse. Cost, one dollar. Is burning a dollar a felony? -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ mpd@netcom.com $ via Finger. $