From: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 22:08:15 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Apartment complex burnt down...
In-Reply-To: <199611100453.UAA21059@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu>
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At 8:53 PM -0800 11/9/96, John Anonymous MacDonald wrote:
>Suppose Bob lives in an apartment complex. By accident the whole building
>burns down.
>
>Bob manages to escape, but all his papers, including passport, IDs,
>credit cards, acount numbers, etc etc gets destroyed.
>
>What can Bob do? Would the government help him?
>
>It seems like he'd be in a really unfavorable position...

Is this a troll?

People lose important papers all the time, such as by losing their wallets
or having their purses stolen, their homes burglarized, etc.

States will issue replacement driver's licenses easily. (Before Mr.
Anonymous asks, "But how will they know you are you?," remember that they
have one's photo, one's signature, and (increasingly) a fingerprint.

Ditto for passports, which are also routinely replaced.

And does the phrase "Call this number if your card is lost or stolen"
suggest something about replacement of credit cards?

I guess this was just a troll, or the post of a high school student
answering his Internet homework question.

--Tim May



"The government announcement is disastrous," said Jim Bidzos,.."We warned IBM
that the National Security Agency would try to twist their technology."
[NYT, 1996-10-02]
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed.
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