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From: Shane Courtrille <hardware@*******.DATANET.AB.CA>
Subject: Re: Going SINless
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 17:19:10 +0000
>
> Your SIN (standing for Social Indentification Number, I think) is a
> number which is roughly equivalent to your Social Security Number. Think
> about the number of things that number can be used for now. Now assume
> that the number of uses has increased nearly geometrically. The SIN is
> used for all kinds of things: it can be used to track where you are, what
> you do, and all kinds of things.

It is also your ID. You can't do alot of things without a SIN...
travel.. bank.. heck even get a cell phone or drivers license...

*wave*

Shane Courtrille - hardware@*******.ab.ca

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