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RE: IT Access Info (fwd)
- To: noelle
- Subject: RE: IT Access Info (fwd)
- From: robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:51:42 -0700
- Keywords: my-Oakland-voicemail-number
> From: Noelle <noelle>
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:38:21 -0700 (PDT)
>
> On Fri, 21 Aug 2015, robert wrote:
> > Umm, btw, never ever send a Social Security Number through email. Call
> > and tell it to them over the phone; even fax is better.
>
> too late.
OK. For future reference, always ask the person for either:
1) A public key to send encrypted email to.
2) A phone number to call to relay the information.
3) A fax number to fax it.
But, in general, you should never send your social security number through
email, even if it's a scanned document. Email is far too easy to
duplicate and distribute.
A lesser problem is your credit card: also don't send credit card numbers
through email. However, if you use a temporary credit card, it's less of
a problem.