On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 11:10:08AM +0100, Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
Around about whenever the US Federal Government gets the hint and passes a bill which makes it illegal to use social security numbers for any purpose other than the administration of social security.
Wrong answer. Federal laws do not stop people from doing stupid things and they do not stop people from doing illegal things.
What we need is a Hollywood blockbuster in which some highschool hackers wreak havoc by aquiring SSNs from gradesheets and using /////// criminals mother's maiden names to steal lots of money and identities. Then, pointy-haired bosses will ask their sysadmins to make sure that it can't happen in their department.
Hollywood movies change people's behavior. Federal laws do not.
"Mr President, did you see that movie about an Ebola outbreak in the US a couple of years ago?" "Yes...?" "The budget for that movie was quite a bit more then the total annual funding in the US to study Ebola and related viruses." Cheers, -- jr '</OT>' a -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates The Things I Think '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system administrator. Or two. --me