What is your SS# and your favorite password?

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:38 pm

Well, as long as we're asking stuff.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:12 pm

My social security number is what people ask me for when they're trying to look up stuff about confidential business of mine. My favorite password is "Tinkerbell."

Best wishes,
Jerry

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:13 pm

My SS number is 123-45-6789.
My favorite password is "chiff".

Knock yerself out!

toughknot · Post by **toughknot** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:57 pm

my SS# 3
favorite word ickmiklesprut

Edited to add it is so nice to finally be able to contribute something of value to the boards.

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:12 pm

I'm not in the Secret Service, so I don't have a number there, and my favorite password was that TV game that I remember from the 60's where your partner gave hints and you had to guess the word he was holding on a card.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:42 pm

SS# --- -- ---- Password is a word, phrase or sound.

Duffy · Post by **Duffy** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:45 pm

My favorite tune is . . .
My Password is '****off'

Back to the tunes!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:58 pm

I often forget both.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:26 pm

You can reckon it starts with 44.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:26 pm

My SS# is up.
My favorite password is "excuse me"... well... OK... it's two words...

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 8:35 am

Password is 667. (the neighbor of the beast)

fluti31415 · Post by **fluti31415** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 8:51 am

BrassBlower wrote:My SS number is 123-45-6789.
My favorite password is "chiff".

Knock yerself out!

Hey, those are mine, too! Is at least one of us an identity thief??

Pete D · Post by **Pete D** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 8:52 am

I don't have a SS# and I have so many damm passwords for different internet sites, banks accounts, work (work makes me change password every month or so), etc. I can't even remeber them all so I have to write the down.

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:34 am

I work as a consultant for a company that implements human resources and payroll software, and when I go to a client, I inevitably get asked for an SSN so they can give me access to their computer system. Now I know enough about payroll and such to know that these clients have no legal right to request an SSN because we do not have an employer/employee relationship, but usually they need it just because their existing computer software depends on SSN to identify a person. (That's one of the reason's they're getting a new one.)

So I have found that instead of just flat out refusing to give it, life is much easier if I just give them what I like to refer to as a "composite Social Security number." That's a Social Security number made up of elements of other people's Social Security numbers.

The odds of someone already existing in any given system are extremely small, especially if I make sure the first three digits are not from the area where I'm working.

So if you're asked for a Social Security number by someone you think has no right to have it, try using a composite Social Security number instead. It saves a lot of argument, and it's fun, too.

Note: I would not recommend trying this with an employer or a financial institution, but anyone else -- doctor, library, insurance agent, school -- is fair game.

I'd suggest using the same one all the time, as it makes it much easier to remember it if you have to deal with someone again.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:54 am

Just as a matter of curiosity ...

I wonder how many people understood the Tinkerbell reference?

Best wishes,
Jerry

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What is your SS# and your favorite password?

What is your SS# and favorite password?

What is your SS# and your favorite password?