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Japanese Cry Foul on New ID System

Posted by timothy on from the we-are-not-the-droids-you're-looking-for dept.

Gudlyf writes: "As an update to the previous story on Japan's governmental ID system, the AP is reporting that many Japanese have organized into protest groups that have popped up and are planning a rally at which demonstrators will show their outrage by ripping up the papers being sent out by the government to assign every citizen an 11-digit number."

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  1. Re:9-11 by speedy1161 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Because they want theirs to be unique. No where in the Social Security law does it mandate that every SS# be unique although it is rare that two+ people have the same number. This stems from the fact that SSN's were never meant to be ID numbers, but through a series of Executive Orders, has become just that. A good reference on this is the book "A Gift Of Fire"

  2. Re:Some insight into the Japanese situation: by ThinkingGuy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    culture that prides themselves on traditional values of honor, discretion and privacy

    -A culture where people willingly register their personal information with the local police officers (for "emergency use only")
    -Where privacy is referred to as "puraibashii" because the language has no native term for the concept?
    -Where people have commonly faced discrimination in housing, employment, and marriage based on information the government-listed family register?

    Must be a different Japan than the one I lived in :)