Re: University of South Carolina e-Mail Compromises Student IDs

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 4/14/06, Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com> wrote:
> > > So far, the school is not aware of any misuse of the information, but
> officials notified students of the lapse Monday and suggested they take
> precautions against identity theft.
>
> What precautions? Like not giving their social security numbers to entities
> that irresponsibly disseminate it?

 No choice about that. If you dont give away your SSN, you cant go to
school, you cant have a house, credit card, drivers license, or even a
job.

You can change your name, have your face resculpted, burn your
fingerprints off, all legally, but you cannot change your SSN.

-JP

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