Huge news about your Social Security number!
July 6, 2009
Our friend Professor Alessandro Acquisti has published his paper showing how it is possible to predict social security numbers with a high degree of certainty, if your date of birth and location of birth are known. When Alessandro presented an early draft of his paper at the 2008 Privacy law Scholars Conference at GWU School of Law last year, he had the audience floored. Now that he has released it, the implications for any company or agency still using Social Security numbers and a user ID or a password are significant. This is big news!
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Last Updated: August 31, 2020
