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lordnacho • today at 10:28 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

It's unique, but it encodes your birthday and sex.

There's only 500 numbers it could be, assuming someone knows those other things about you.

In any case, there are alternative systems for authorisation.


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usrnm • today at 10:37 AM

You're contradicting yourself, how can it be unique if only 1000 can be assigned per given date of birth? What if more than one thousand babies are born in the country one day?

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