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1996-08-05 - Re: Internal Passports

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From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@eff.org>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-08-05 20:12:03 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 04:12:03 +0800

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From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 04:12:03 +0800
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@eff.org>
Subject: Re: Internal Passports
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On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> I had the same problems when I was working at Xerox in Webster, NY. 
> Supermarkets just plain didn't want to accept my passport as valid ID.
> 
> More recently, I attended an IEEE conference at MITRE in Virginia. To 
> enter the building, they required you to fill out a form listing your 
> SSN. The forms were taped to the guard's desk, in full view of anyone who 
> was curious.
> 
> I was horrified and gave a random number.

You should always be horrified, and always give a random number.

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