[ale] OT: am I paranoid?

[Geoffrey]

Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> 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.

Thanks.

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