Thoughts for Thawte's Personal Certificates?

Posted by Cliff on Friday June 8, 2001 @12:07PM from the scouring-for-opinions dept.

ShadowMaster asks: "Does anyone know (or had experience with) dealing with Thawte personal certificates. They are offered for free by Thawte, but I cannot find any reviews or consumer feedback on the matter. They ask for some interesting private information (SSN, DOB, etc.) so I was just curious if anyone has had any problems with the service, or if they are truly on the level." As most of you are aware, you have to be very careful what information you leave online these days. Does Thawte do their part in keeping what information you do give them out of third party hands?

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Re:SSN not private... by Kefaa · 2001-06-08 12:40 · Score: 3

I spoke with the SSA and as they put it, Congress is a little far behind on this one. The law, as stated above, is businesses cannot force you to give your SSN. However they do not have to provide the service, equipment, etc. if you do not. [Color me vague here but does anyone see a difference but a lawyer?]

BTW - SSA answered their phone in 4 rings, no queue, AND the person was friendly with information. Bonus them +2...