---------- | From: "Pat Farrell" <pfarrell@netcom.com> | | I'm sure that you are correct. I talked just this past Friday to | David Banistar at EPIC/CPSR on this. But the law seems to | be mostly ignored, as is the fact that SSN's are not unique. | | The key is, what do we do about it? I routinely refuse to give my SSN to agencies that have no government affiliation. I've been hassled for this stance, and frequently refused service/credit. My phone company demanded an exorbitant deposit because I wouldn't give them my SSN when signing for service. I am greatly disturbed by the amount of personal information currently available on an individual, and accessible with keys as simple as SSN, full name, and mother's maiden name. I, however, have no clue what to do other than continue to refuse to supply data whenever possible. garthB> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Garth S. Brown, Semaphore Corporation 122 South Jackson Street, Suite 350 garthb@semaphore.com Seattle, Washington 98104 InterNIC WHOIS: GB(31) -Public key available via finger of garthb@semaphore.com -PGP2.6 Key fingerprint = 65 0E 48 A1 F7 38 DB 03 3F 77 77 9E B5 53 2E 96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All problems can be solved with the proper application of high explosives.