The new ID cards are as follows. Instead of putting the SSN on the magstripe, they put your University ID number there.
Read tomorrow's Diamondback :) Yes, while this eliminates the thread of people stealing your SSN, other forms of ID theft are still possible (ie, printing up a card with someone else's UID and spending their meal points). We tried to get our paper published in time for this but I guess we did not raise the point about putting UIDs on there fast enough. The new cards indeed contain UIDs instead of SSN, and the magstripe schema is slightly changed. Other than that, it's the same old ID. On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 22:40 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So apparently the university is requiring new IDs. This will mark the > third or fourth generation of ID that I've had to get from the university, > but whatever. I've been there too long. > > This latest one is being introduced with certain language that makes me a > little nervous; specifically: > > The new card, which has security features designed to protect your > privacy, will provide the same functions and services as your current > card. > > Try as I might, I haven't been able to find any further explanation on > this. Anyone know whether that's a euphamism for "we want to invade your > privacy by putting more personal data on your student ID", or is it > something else? > > Interestingly enough, we supposedly now all have "U ID" numbers. Note the > space between the 'U' and the 'ID'. But I immediately thought "uid", and > wondered if that was intentional... :) >
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