From: Karl S. Erbland [karl@ksme.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:01 PM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: Kevin Mitnick Rides Again... at The Register

In article <N$if9qj6ddBh@eisner.encompasserve.org>, 
kaplow_r@eisner.encompasserve.org.mars says...
> In article <FOekOvJlf12QbVPa5=kqk8Wcy4v6@4ax.com>, David Beatty <David.Beatty.NOSPAM@sas.com> writes:
> > Thanks, Terry.  This was a good article.  If anyone would
> > know what he's talking about regarding this subject, Mr.
> > Mitnick would be it.
> 
> Now, how do I stop everybody and their brother from using my SSN as my ID
> number. My employer IS my health care provider, and I can't even go to the
> doctor, dentist, or eye doctor without divulging it to everyone and having
> them pass it around like an STD. Refuse to provide it and they refuse
> treatment!
> 

Bob, insist that they provide you with an alternate ID number. Medical 
units do not have a defined right to use the SSN as an ID. There are ways 
around it.

The law requires that those that do not have a specific legal need to use 
you SSN as an ID must give you an alternative.

Once you get an alternate ID you will probably experience A LOT OF 
CONFUSION because they will need to reference your previous history. 
There are ways to change those histories.

Here is a link to a document concerning SSNs.:
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs10-ssn.htm

Here is the main link:
http://www.privacyrights.org/

Karl