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Heh, that's the real problem actually with buggy name-based systems. In my current company we have a person officially called "Name Surname 2" for the same reas
by kbart 8y ago
Heh, that's the real problem actually with buggy name-based systems. In my current company we have a person officially called "Name Surname 2" for the same reason.
- vinceguidry 8y agoBecause Name Surname 1 was already taken!
- SparkyMcUnicorn 8y agoBecause Name Surname 0 was already taken!
- vinceguidry 8y agoNo way they were forward-thinking enough to use zero-indexing.
- Bartweiss 8y agoA lot of state DMVs and other government offices apparently use name + birthdate as a "unique" identifier, which works about as well as you'd expect. It doesn't usually cause problems, because both people are accepted as 'real', but it's alarmingly easy to end up with someone else's license suspensions, voter registration, or even credit score. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/03/identity-theft-racial-justice https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/03/identity-the...
- walshemj 8y agoDon't US payroll/hr systems use SS number its one of the few cases where it makes sense to use it