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From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,alt.flame
Subject: Re: WordPerfect for students
Message-ID: <3054@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 23:24:06 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 24 23:24:06 1987
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ali@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Ali Ozer) wrote:
> According to the form, "Qualifying teachers, as well as college, university,
> and other post-secondary students, can now purchase WordPerfect
> Corporation (WPCORP) software directly from WPCORP at reduced price.
>        ...You apparently need:
> (3) Your social security number.

What!?!  A computer software company requesting your social security 
number so you can buy a program from them?

Let me guess, are they going to pay you retirement benefits?
Are they going to charge you Federal income taxes?

Then what in hell are they doing asking you for your social security number?

>                  --- Call them up --- The phone number given on the form
> is 801-225-5000.

I recommend that people interested in privacy protection call them
and flame them for this.  (You get a useless recording outside business
hours -- I just tried it.)
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