On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:03:34 -0700, Chambers wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Yeah, I read the story Greg referred to on /. as well, that SSNs might
>> be "predictable" if you know certain pieces of information about a
>> person - where they were born, when they were born, etc.
> 
> That's like predicting who's going to get a winning lottery ticket based
> on knowing when & where they buy tickets, isn't it?

It seems like it to me, but I think it depends on some other knowledge as 
well.

> (At least, the kind of lottery where they hand out tickets, and a
> certain ticket wins; not the kind where you pick numbers).

Jim

Post a reply to this message