Evidently it is quite easy to get a new student ID number from UT. Just walk your booty to the registrar's office (RH1100) and explain yourself. They give you some suspicious glances and then ask for your drivers license (which does not have my SSN so I don't know how that helps them). Next you fill out an IRS form (W9) and they disapear from sight for a while. When they return, they grant you a new student number on a very professional looking post-it note. After 24 hours you can get a new student ID card containing your new number.
Rich turned me on to a new privacy loop-hole today. When you are in an emergency/accident/pending arrest/etc, the officials broadcast your name, physical characteristics, address, and often times SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER over unsecured radio channels. That's right, they often use something called a trunk signal that switches frequencies every so often. It is easy (and perfectly legal) however to buy your own receiver that switches frequencies and listens in on the info. Nice... I personally don't care when people know my name, but when they have your number too bad things can happen without too much trouble at all. *sigh*
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