[ale] OT: am I paranoid?

[Jonathan Rickman]

On Thursday 09 October 2003 09:22, Geoffrey wrote:
> Okay folks, quick question.  A credit union I belong to has started a
> contest on an online newsletter.  The contest consists of posting the
> last 5 digits of 5 different credit union members SSN in the webpage.
> If you find your 5 digits there, you win. Now I know it's not the whole
> thing, but I personally have a problem with this.
>
> So, thoughts?  We can take this to private email please..

No. You're not paranoid. Disclosing more than the last 4 digits is 
considered a risk. I once saw a reference that explained why in great 
detail. If I can dig it up, I'll pass it along.

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Jonathan Rickman
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