From: Jim Gillogly <jim@ACM.ORG>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 15:37:05 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: SSNs (was Re: Internal Passports)
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Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu> writes:
>one silly thought: lots of people use cypherpunks as the username and 
>password for all those websites that want an id. What about a cypherpunks 
>3-2-4 number for those cases where an SSN isn't appropriate. Anyone know 
>what J. Edgar Hoover's SSN was?

Yes, that does indeed sound silly.  BTW, the UNABOMer's secret ID number,
used to identify various communications with the NYT as being his, is
reported (Mad Genius and a government deposition) to be 553-25-4394, which
allegedly turned out to be the SSN of a prisoner somewhere in California.
I suppose it's not useful for this application, since it belongs to
somebody who might need it again sometime.

	Jim Gillogly
	14 Wedmath S.R. 1996, 05:21