26 May
2005
26 May
'05
6:10 a.m.
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 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. --Michael Dillon