From:	--Odd-- <mikes@*****.CO.ZA>
Subject:	Re: Going SINless
Date:	Mon, 7 Apr 1997 13:53:32 +0200

| > 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...

I thought that it stood for System Identification Number, but there again
I have been known to be wrong on many occasions. In our campaign the way we
play it is that it has replaced your passport, id-documents (here in SA you
have both - though not me), credit card, cheque etc. etc. Quite literally
it is required for anything that requires any form of proof of id, as well
as acting as a 'link' to your bank accounts. Cert. Cred (CC for short) can
be used for cash purchase for legal items, although things like cars and
very expensive items require the sin, e.g. Tri's.... where do you think
your Trid license is! etc..