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

[Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Peter Evans <peter () ixp jp> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 03:58:50PM -0800, Dan Kaminsky 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.
>
>        They aren't?
>
>        I thought they were supposed to be. Like passports and driver's licenses.

Nawp, I was wrong.  They're non-random, but unique.

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