My library makes me use my card. Which is tied to my SSN, after years of resistance. Glargh.

ouch. When we moved to an automated system for time management on our computers, we were very careful to find a way for people to be as unknow as possible. we have cards that sit at the desk that you pick up to go log into the system - the cards rotate, can only be used once a day, and data is purged every night. We have no idea what person used card 0066 anyway. All we wanted was to make sure everybody that wanted to use a computer, could get on. and we occassional use it to break up the noisier groups. Everyone gets their hour - maybe more( averge time a patron gets to stay on a computer is often 90 minutes). But that was the big push - we wanted no records we could conect to people. We Don't Like the Patriot Act and Do Our Best to Make it a Stupid Waste of Time to Get Our Records.

I got tired of the phone company, cable company, etc wanting the last four digits of my SS# so I asked if I could get those changed to a password and they agreed.

When I was living in Georgia your driver's license number was your social security number unless you requested another number which I did.

They used to use if for a lot of university IDs too.

They used to use if for a lot of university IDs too.

At UW-Madison, they acknowledged that it would be against the law for them to use our SS# for our univeristy ID number. So, they would take your SS# and stick an extra number on the end. Clever, huh?

They used the SS# for my student ID, which is probably the only reason I have it memorized.

The whole identity theft thing reminds me of ye olde magic trope, where if you tell your whole name to someone they have power over you. In this case, if you tell your whole name, DoB, SS#, current address . . .

Really, in the days of cut-and-paste identity theft's just as easy as going under name-based thrall to a Supernatural Entity.

This is not helping my paranoia over the credit card that was apparently supposed to show up over 2 weeks ago and hasn't (and I didn't discover this until last night.) Need to call this afternoon.

The good news is, it hasn't been activated or used (it's a replacement to the current one, so I can look it up.)

At UW-Madison, they acknowledged that it would be against the law for them to use our SS# for our univeristy ID number. So, they would take your SS# and stick an extra number on the end.

Oh yeah, I think at UW-Milwaukee my number was SS#-01. Thanks, guys, they'll never crack that code.

my bank is changeing the log in procedures - it has both things for me to recogonize - so I know the site hasn't been spoffed and a bunch of different way for them to be sure it is me.

I think I'm going to steal sarameg's identity. The tortie doesn't stand a chance.

Oh, that's annoying. And restrictive.

and illegal, I would think.

UVA used the SSN as a student ID number as well. I used to have it printed on my checks, because you could write a check any where in Charlottesville with a student ID and I got tired of writing it down all of the time.

I got it changed from my DL a long time ago, before it was cool. I once had a store clerk accuse me of having a fake ID because the number was "wrong". I was like "I'm buying a sweater, not beer!" I, of course, had them call the manager and merriment ensued.