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Website Posts Partial SSNs of Politicians in Protest

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the alliteration-never-gets-old dept.

John3 writes "The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights has posted partial Social Security numbers for several California politicians to protest their vote against pending privacy legislation. According to a San Francisco Chronicle story, the SSNs were purchased on the Internet for $26." Now there's an effective way of showing the problems of the status quo.

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  1. So does that mean by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If I use his SS to get a credit card, I can run up $100 million in charges, and well, it'll still be a drop in the bucket for him.

    1. Re:So does that mean by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      1. Buy Bill Gate's SS for $26
      2. Slam face into tree repeatedly until looking like Gates
      3. Buy stupid glasses
      4. Identity theft
      5. Profit!

    2. Re:So does that mean by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just in case you don't know, this is the look you're going for...

      --
      "If he thinks he can hide and run from the United States and our allies, he's sorely mistaken." Bush on bin Laden
  2. Re:Change their minds? by Jason1729 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It might make politians think twice next time.

    It would be nice if they'd think once.

    Jason
    ProfQuotes

  3. Re:Why only partial? by John3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Email it to me privately and I'll post it for you.

    John

    --
    "We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers." Carl Sagan
  4. I found Kevin Mitnik's SSN by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here it is (partially) :
    xxx-xx-1337

    And of course, Bill Gates (again, only partially) :
    666-xx-xxxx

    --
    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  5. What? No Simpsons Quote Yet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Burns: Social security number? "000-00-002"... Damn Roosevelt!