Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 16:53:18 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, dan@langille.org, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: US checking accounts for non-US residents Message-ID: <20010627165318.A30006@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <p05100338b75fe3b50d28@[194.78.241.123]>; from brad.knowles@skynet.be on Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:27:15PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10106270521570.62395-100000@moo.sysabend.org> <p05100338b75fe3b50d28@[194.78.241.123]>
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--liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:27:15PM +0200, Brad Knowles wrote: > This is one reason I was really happy when I moved to Maryland,=20 > and found that they issued their own license numbers, which I believe=20 > was based on a soundex code from your last name, plus perhaps some=20 > other identifying information. I think most states do this or something similar. Apparently, many of them forgot something rather important though. They encode a whole bunch of information in the number, but don't actually make sure it's unique. There are some states where a few numbers hve 3-4 people sharing them. Drivers license numbers are used for some forms of credit and similar checks so this can be is a really serious problem. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7OnHtXY6L6fI4GtQRAltBAKC1rczdt3MlXFKCWA0sw93iZXgDlQCgiad4 0e54mSKosMJSiXJEPzY6RWw= =iG/O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --liOOAslEiF7prFVr-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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