California SSN and Encryption

Mary Hawking maryhawking at tigers.demon.co.uk
Sun, 11 Aug 2002 09:15:41 +0100


It was extensively discussed at the time (?1996-8?) - and would probably 
be available in any archives about war-time ID numbers - the old NHS 
numbers were simply the old ID numbers recycled.
I haven't been able to find anything so far - I'll see whether anyone on 
GP-UK has any more info
Mary Hawking

In article <NFBBLMNMIOHNKOELGEIEAELMCOAA.crypto@alisonwheeler.com>, 
Alison Wheeler <crypto@alisonwheeler.com> writes
>Mary Hawking once said
>> That number held a lot of information if you knew how to interpret it,
>> and was *very* computer unfriendly!
>
>is this documented anywhere that one can see this please (interested esp. as
>cross-comparator to ID card possibilities)
>
>Alison
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