Gov. James Douglas is now head of the National Governors Association. At the group’s meeting this week in Biloxi, Miss., he heard complaints from other governors about why the federal REAL ID initiative is not a good idea. He’s coming around to their way of thinking.
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PASS ID No Better Than Real ID
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Researchers Guess Our SSNs
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009Social Security Numbers are thought by many to be secure IDs. We’re often asked to provide them, even sometimes for fairly routine purchases or services such as contracting for cell phone service.
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, though, have shown it’s easy to guess many people’s SSN — simply by knowing a person’s place and date of birth.
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