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Sounds like "bare" is exactly the right term, contrasted with "bear". If you read the article, the SSN is still on the card. But you need a card reader to extract it, and Google says that is a $56 purchase. (the article does say encoded in the mag stripe, maybe they mean encrypted, but I doubt it) On Feb 9, 2005, at 4:28 PM, Tom Rockwell wrote: > Hi, > > I thought this article was an interesting reminder that other > institutions face issues relating to privacy of Social Security numbers > and that in the past these numbers were not treated as being private. > > http://newshound.de.siu.edu/spring05/stories/storyReader$272 > > The gist of the story is that students at Southern Illinois University > are being given the opportunity to pay $15 to have new student ID cards > issued that don't bare their SSN. The computer system that is based on > using SSN for indexing students was purchased in the 1970's and isn't > planned to be replaced until after the current support contract ends in > 2009. > > I'll skip adding my 2 cents about SSN and privacy. > > Cheers, > Tom >