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Old 02-11-2014, 03:59   #2
BrokenSwitch
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Israel
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Quote:
This number does not contain any personally identifiable information.
So what if the number itself doesn't contain PII? A good database developer just needs to give it a button such that...

Code:
/* This is pseudocode. YMMV */

// connect to DHS database and CBP database
USE dhs, cbp;

// retrieve all PII from DHS that corresponds to number in CBP's database
SELECT * FROM dhs.pii, cbp.citizens WHERE dhs.pii.dhs_num = cbp.citizens.dhs_num;

In English: As long as that chip's number corresponds to a number somewhere else that has your PII attached to it, it might as well be PII to the interpreter.
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