Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!uunet!bu.edu!telecom-request From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 800 Numbers, Voice Mail, and Privacy Message-ID: <74654@bu.edu.bu.edu> Date: 13 Feb 91 08:09:00 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 24 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 113, Message 1 of 10 "Barton F. Bruce" writes: > The bank has NO way to let you specify an alternate PIN. All accounts > get phone access by default. The only suggestion they had when I > pointed out the stupidity of this was to suggest that they could > disable the service for customers so requesting! Bank of America has a wonderful system that is similar but more blatant. When you call the machine to deal with your account you are asked to give "the last four digits of your Social Security Number". If you happen to be a business, the last four digits of your "SSN" (your Federal employer number) appears on all of your employees' check stubs and W2 forms. Your account number appears at the bottom of the check. How many people do you suppose check out of idle curiosity, if nothing else, the balance in their employer's account? Oh, yes, this is how it is set up; there is no special arrangement for business. It works like a charm. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !