U.S. birthplace and birthdate public and associated? Save against Carnegie-Mellon University.

[zaimoni]

Failure exposes the first five digits of the Social Security number. From NetworkWorld:The study comes from Carnegie Mellon University's Alessandro Acquisti, an assistant professor of information technology and public policy, and Ralph Gross, a postdoctoral researcher

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[torakiyoshi]

I've been aware of the algorhythm for years. I delivered pizzas to a university, which had a program allowing them to use student meal money to buy from Domino's, Papa Johns, and/or Pizza Rita. But the access to their account was using their Social. They would be stunned when, having taken their number, I could tell them where they were born.

-=Kiyoshi