From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Jun 9 19:19:38 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5A1Jcjb002788; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 19:19:38 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5A1Jb9G021635 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 19:19:37 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k59MhsFI018933 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:43:55 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k59Mhslr018932 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:43:54 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k59F2XFI012314 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 11:02:33 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k59Hc4k8005593 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 11:38:04 -0600 X-Envelope-From: JYoung6180@aol.com Fri Jun 9 11:38:04 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k59Hc4jb005582 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 11:38:04 -0600 Received: from imo-d04.mx.aol.com (imo-d04.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.36]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k59Hc0pM008720 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 11:38:00 -0600 Received: from JYoung6180@aol.com by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id e.499.2951fb6 (32915) for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 13:37:49 -0400 (EDT) From: JYoung6180@aol.com Message-ID: <499.2951fb6.31bb0bec@aol.com> Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 13:37:48 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5026 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: San Diego TV station seeks to have government censor SSDI Colleen omchodoy@gmail.com wrote: I understand the concern about the quality of the reporting and the information relayed to the public. But how is information in the SSDI a tool in preventing identity theft? Also, identity theft is the buzz word these days, and if it IS true that unscrupulous people could find use for the SS #'s in their thievery, then I can easily see it being removed. ---- Colleen- Your Social Security number is no longer a form of ID for you once you die. That is why publishing the list of those people who have passed away in a public searchable forum makes it possible for credit issuers and banks to check the lists before they issue credit or open an account to someone using a deceased individual's SS number. It is truly a safeguard to make this information available publicly. In fact, the Patriot Act and the FOIA REQUIRE that this information be available to the public once a person has died--the right to privacy ends with death as does the threat of ID theft if the SSDI is properly used. Joan