What is this guy thinking?

[archcommus]

Prof gave us a programming assignment involving an array and told us to make the first nine elements of the array the digits of our SSN. Yeah, I really want my SSN floating around on some unencrypted homework submission site and then sitting on my TA's hard drive. I'm just going to make one up, but I can't imagine why he'd even request this in the first place.

 

[irishScott]

He wants to see how stupid his class is.

 

[her209]

I'm sure its sitting unencrypted on the school's computer system that is connected to the Internet.

:laugh:

 

[Conky]

Use his SS and get an A.

 

[SampSon]

It's not like your SSN is secure as it is.

 

[andylawcc]

next assignment:
first 16 elements of the array the digits of your credit card.

extra credit: add current address, DOB, and SSN if you didn't turn in your 1st assignment

 

[Ronstang]

When I was in school you SSN was also you student ID number so what is the big deal?

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
When I was in school you SSN was also you student ID number so what is the big deal?

Not everyone has a SSN.

 

[idiotekniQues]

yeah but schools are moving away from that. and smartly so.

 

[FoBoT]

i know ALL SS #'s


they are more useful when tied to the correct info though

 

[archcommus]

I'm putting at the top of the assignment as a comment:

"Let's pretend for the purpose of this assignment that my SSN is [any number], because I do not want to give the TA my actual SSN."

 

[thirtythree]

Are you sure it wasn't a joke?

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: thirtythree
Are you sure it wasn't a joke?

Positive, I have it in writing on the assignment sheet.

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Ronstang
When I was in school you SSN was also you student ID number so what is the big deal?

Not everyone has a SSN.

Identity theft wasn't as big a deal until recently. I doubt any schools do this now.

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: archcommus
I'm putting at the top of the assignment as a comment:

"Let's pretend for the purpose of this assignment that my SSN is [any number], because I do not want to give the TA my actual SSN."

F- for you!

 

[Zolty]

Originally posted by: thirtythree

Originally posted by: archcommus
I'm putting at the top of the assignment as a comment:

"Let's pretend for the purpose of this assignment that my SSN is [any number], because I do not want to give the TA my actual SSN."

F- for you!

F- Oh noes!!!!