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Re:87% of the U.S. Population are uniquely identified by {DO... by steve-howard on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @06:35PM (#2943529)
Do you have a source for this? I think it's pretty cool and I'm wondering if there's a reasonably centralized place for other states' formats as well.
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Re:87% of the U.S. Population are uniquely identified by {DO... by ben1040 on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @06:42PM (#2943541)
It's even worse than just a Soundex of your last name, the entire number is derived off your name and DOB.

http://www.highprogrammer.com/alan/numbers/dl_us_shared.html

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