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From: Dave Niebuhr, BNL CCD, 516-282-3...
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:03

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A question just crossed my mind.  When Caller-ID is in the process
of being instituted in an area, the privacy-mavens scream bloody
murder.  Yet, with the known (I suppose) wide-spread usage of SSNs
as identifiers, where are they?

People I talk to are surprised when I tell them that if I knew their
SSN I could find out all kinds of information about them and possibly
do them irreprable harm if I wanted to.

Is this a mis-guided sense of "security" or what?  Does it spring
from the original Social Security for being a supplement to retirement
funds and the general public doesn't realize just how much businesses
know about one or can find out if so desired.

I'm not a complete privacy freak, but I do know when to give information
and when not to do so.

Dave
Dave Niebuhr      Internet: niebuhr@bnl.gov / Bitnet: niebuhr@bnl
Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973  (516)-282-3093

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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:03:14 -0500 (EST)
From: "Dave Niebuhr, BNL CCD, 516-282-3093" <NIEBUHR@bnlcl6.bnl.gov>
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Subject: Privacy Concerns and the So-Called Privacy Advocates
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