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From: rickc@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Rick Clements)
Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee
Subject: Re: SS numbers
Summary: The SS dept. didn't want it used for ID in the late 70's
Message-ID: <7365@pogo.WV.TEK.COM>
Date: 8 Jun 89 18:13:02 GMT
References: <4268@ficc.uu.net> <16421@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Reply-To: rickc@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Rick Clements)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville,  OR.
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In article <16421@bellcore.bellcore.com> duncan@ctt.bellcore.com (Scott Duncan) writes:
>According to the explanation given to me, there was never any promise of the
>SS number as an ID.  I can believe this was what many people were told and
>what they thought, but in the mid/late-50's, this is NOT what I was told.

In the late 70's, the company I was working for at the time, went to SS
numbers for the company ID.  They said the purpose was so we could use
or ID badges for ID.  The result was the local stores quit taking them for
ID.

A friend of mine called the SS dept..  They said the SS number SOULDN'T
be used for ID.  They suggested he call the ACLU.
-- 
Rick Clements (RickC@pogo.WV.TEK.COM)