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Tuesday, August 06, 2002
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/04/weekinreview/04SCHW.html Privacy vs. Security on Campus JOHN SCHWARTZ When the news broke a week ago that a Princeton admissions officer had used the Social Security numbers of applicants to his school to view Yale University's Web site for admissions, privacy advocates were aghast not only at his act, but also at the Yale site's lack of security. In one online forum, Richard Wiggins, an author and information technology specialist at Michigan State University, noted that most businesses with online customer accounts have learned that Social Security numbers alone offer poor security, and issue personal identification numbers as well....
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