Re: Colorado Supreme Court: Using a Stolen Social Security Number is Not Identity Theft

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com> wrote:
> > > Did anyone actually read the ruling?
> > > They're basically saying a SSN# isn't an identity.
> > >
> > > Given that SSN#'s aren't actually unique in the population, they're, you
> > > know, right.
> > Expand, please.
>
> http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/social_security.html
>
> Information about an individual's place and date of birth can be
> exploited to predict his or her Social Security number (SSN).
Ah! They are unique. However, they are also predictable.

Jeff
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