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<tr><td><b>Comment Number: </b></td><td>531096-00046</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Received: </b></td><td>8/3/2007 7:46:14 PM</td></tr>

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<tr><td><b>Commenter: </b></td><td>Parmer</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>State: </b></td><td>AL</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Agency: </b></td><td>Federal Trade Commission</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Rule: </b></td><td>Private Sector Use of SSNs</td></tr>

<tr><td>No Attachments</td></tr></Table>

<hr><P><b>Comments:</b></p>Read Beyond Fear by Bruce Schneier before proceeding. The author might even  provide worthwhile comments directly to the Task Force.


The bottom line is that replacing SSN with some other unique but public number may solve nothing. Use of SSN might not be the issue. It may be that verifying the number is *yours* is the real issue.</body></html>