August 18, 2005 5:15 AM PDT

Universities grapple with ID theft

U.S. colleges are finding themselves on the front lines of the battle against identity theft.

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Example of idiocy
Despite all the discussion about protecting your ss number, a
local university uses it as the students' ID number. Your social
security number is every thing your name is.
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I got a better one
My university, at one time had everyone login using their social security number and birth date on an insecure webpage. Was this six years ago? Try a year ago, and only after endless wrangling did they switch to non SS# logins and introduced SSL. Schools are insulated from the real world in more ways than one.
Posted by sanenazok (2950 comments )
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Example of idiocy
Despite all the discussion about protecting your ss number, a
local university uses it as the students' ID number. Your social
security number is every thing your name is.
Posted by jmmejzz (107 comments )
Reply Link Flag
I got a better one
My university, at one time had everyone login using their social security number and birth date on an insecure webpage. Was this six years ago? Try a year ago, and only after endless wrangling did they switch to non SS# logins and introduced SSL. Schools are insulated from the real world in more ways than one.
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