Re: Caught In The Web: 51 million death records!

["Paul T. Jackson" <trescott@seanet.com>]

Bill Michtom wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 13 May 1997, Warren Netz wrote:
> 
> > Each record provides SSN, state where issued, birthdate, date of death,
> > zip code and place of last residence.  With this information in hand,
> > you can order a copy of the original application for Social Security,
> > which gives a great deal more information.
> 
> This sounds like the making of another privacy invasion uproar. Why should
> these records be available to just anyone?
> 
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I've already written to Congress about this.  Having worked in a Prison
Library, I can assure you that this is exactly what the prisoners want
for a number of reasons -- to hide their real identity and to get
possible death benefits for themselves through their girlfriends -- to
name two such scams.
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