From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 13:16:47 -0800 (PST)
To: Rick Smith <smith@sctc.com>
Subject: Re: Secrecy: My life as a nym. (Was: nym blown?)
In-Reply-To: <199611122141.PAA27619@shade.sctc.com>
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On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Rick Smith wrote:

> Hal Finney wrote:
> 
> : Are there other measures which parents could take while their children are
> : young to get them off to a good start, privacy-wise?
> 

[...]

> The basic and obvious rule to most of us is to control the SSN and
> don't give out a correct one except when absolutely necessary.  One of
> the banks in Minneapolis refuses to pay interest at all if you don't
> have your SSN on file.

All banks require this.
Exercise for the reader:  How does the bank verify SSNs?

> Rick.
> smith@sctc.com

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