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Fun fact, in Poland (population ~35M), every person has a public identifier in a format of: YYMMDDXXXXC Where YYMMDD is date of birth, XXXX a number, and C a
by kolinko 8y ago
Fun fact, in Poland (population ~35M), every person has a public identifier in a format of:
YYMMDDXXXXC
Where YYMMDD is date of birth, XXXX a number, and C a checksum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PESEL#Format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PESEL#Format
It works very well, and - since it's for identification, not authentication - you don't have to worry about it leaking out too much, like you would with SSN.
- nv-vn 8y agoWhat is the typical use case of these numbers?
- garaetjjte 8y agoSadly, it is used for authentication sometimes. Name, PESEL and mother's maiden name is sometimes enough to authenticate on bank helpline.