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> leading to insanity like recycling codes after one airline dies, meaning the meaning of the code is time-dependent Why is this insanity? Almost everything in
by europeanguy 4y ago
> leading to insanity like recycling codes after one airline dies, meaning the meaning of the code is time-dependent
Why is this insanity? Almost everything in real life is time dependent. I think this is just insanity to devs who want to fit the world to their data model rather than the other way around which is how it should be.
- ratg13 4y agoReusing the same unique identifier another user or business had almost always causes problems. If special access was given to one entity, often that special access remains after the new entity takes over. Often times the new entity gets access to private data of the old entity. It makes record keeping difficult to know who was what entity at any given time. If you haven’t seen the problems caused by doing this, consider yourself lucky for working for institutions that aren’t so careless.
- taeric 4y agoIf you are from the US, I have bad news for you about SSNs. :D