Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!looking!brad From: brad@looking.UUCP Newsgroups: can.general Subject: Re: University-wide Finger Message-ID: <848@looking.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 00:35:08 EDT Article-I.D.: looking.848 Posted: Fri Jul 24 00:35:08 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 12:02:51 EDT References: <3601@watvlsi.waterloo.edu> <1473@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <1051@water.waterloo.edu> <9903@orchid.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Distribution: can Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 26 In article <9903@orchid.waterloo.edu> rbutterworth@orchid.waterloo.edu (Ray Butterworth) writes: >I have never understood why so many Canadians are paranoid about >identity numbers. I would find life much simpler if my SIN, my >drivers license, my OHIP number, my public library card number, >my passport number, my citizenship number, my private pilot's >license, my student id, my etc. were all the same number. > >It would make things a lot easier for everyone (except for >illegal immigrants, welfare fakes, tax evaders, library book >thiefs, wanted criminals, etc.). Yeah, that's right. If you're innocent, you don't need a lawer, and if you're guilty, you don't deserve one! The less information the Government knows about me, the better. The harder it is for them to correlate it, the better. Computers can use names as easily as numbers. There is no excuse for ID numbers in a world of cheap machines. If you have a non-unique name, you can further codify it until it is unique by providing any unique string of your own choice -- including numbers, your mom's name, your hometown or whatever. Stamp out ID numbers. -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473