[80976] in Cypherpunks
Re: Creating a unique ID number for a dollar
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Duvos)
Mon Jun 2 01:25:22 1997
From: mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 20:37:46 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <v03102801afb7cce12642@[207.167.93.63]> from "Tim May" at Jun 1, 97 06:11:07 pm
Reply-To: mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
Our Fearless Leader Writes:
> This reminds me of a hack I heard about some years back.
> There's a way to generate a number for any person which is unique. It is
> not shared by anyone else on the planet.
> Best of all, this number can be generated without use of a computer,
> without entry of any allegedly random numbers, and without any hashing of
> personal data. It's not necessarily a real short number, certainly not as
> short as an SS number.
> And best of all, the cost is low. Just a dollar, in fact.
> I'll explain later.
Hmmmmm. How about taking a dollar, appropriating its serial number for
your personal number, and then burning the dollar to prevent reuse.
Cost, one dollar. Is burning a dollar a felony?
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