[ale] [OT] SSN use, was: restricting web input

[Jim Kinney]

Solution to identity theft:

ruin your own credit history so no one else can!

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 09:54, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've got a friend that is a security / hipaa expert.  He refuses to
>> give medical providers his ssn.  Claims that per hipaa they can not
>> mandate he do so.  I guess they work from his name and address?
>> Drivers license number?
>
> No disrespect to your friend... but unless he was born in the
> nineties, his SSN is probably already widely distributed beyond his
> control and knowledge.
>
> -Jim P.
>
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