Re: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication

2002-11-18 Thread Donnie Tognazzini
ederal > government only > > Please, any legal expert, help us to understand > the issue > > Thank you > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jim Lawton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 8:00 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication

2002-11-12 Thread Jason Coombs
lto:gpalmer@;palmermania.com] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 8:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication Computer Professionals for Social Responsiblity has a good FAQ on Social Security numbers at: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/privacy/ssn/SSN-History.html CP

Re: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication

2002-11-11 Thread Griff Palmer
gt; Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 8:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication > > > We are currently considerring the limited use of employee's Social Security > numbers to authenticate them when they request a pass

Re: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication

2002-11-11 Thread Jim Clark
nal Message- > From: Jim Lawton [mailto:jblii@;hotmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 8:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication > > We are currently considerring the limited use of employee's Social Sec

Re: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication

2002-11-09 Thread Gordon Ewasiuk
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, noconflic wrote: > Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 21:23:11 -0600 > From: noconflic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:59:55AM -0500 wrote: > > We are currently considerring the limited use of employee's Social Security > > numbers to authenticate them wh

RE: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication

2002-11-09 Thread Jason Coombs
achinery of modern society. But the benefits sure are great. Sincerely, Jason Coombs [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: David Greenstein [mailto:dgreenst@;tir.com] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 12:45 PM To: Jim Lawton; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 di

RE: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication

2002-11-08 Thread David Greenstein
, November 02, 2002 8:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication We are currently considerring the limited use of employee's Social Security numbers to authenticate them when they request a password reset from the Help Desk. We have chosen two item

Re: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication

2002-11-08 Thread noconflic
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:59:55AM -0500 wrote: > We are currently considerring the limited use of employee's Social Security > numbers to authenticate them when they request a password reset from the > Help Desk. We have chosen two items (in total) for authenticating them: > t

Re: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication

2002-11-06 Thread Andy Cowan
How many help desk techs do you have, is the real question. Every person who has access to any part of employee SSNs is a potential risk for identity theft and fraud. Suggestions for alternatives: 1) Use another number 2) If you must use part of the SSN, consider setting up an app where the

Re: Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication

2002-11-05 Thread Margles Singleton
I believe there are regs disallowing the use of the SSN in California. mas >>> "Jim Lawton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/02/02 09:59AM >>> We are currently considerring the limited use of employee's Social Security numbers to authenticate them when they request a password reset from the Help Desk.

Risk of using SS#s (last 4 digits) for authentication

2002-11-04 Thread Jim Lawton
We are currently considerring the limited use of employee's Social Security numbers to authenticate them when they request a password reset from the Help Desk. We have chosen two items (in total) for authenticating them: their employee # and the last 4 digits of their SS#. Only the last 4 digi