Identity

Hey, Larry, go take a flying ....

The federal government will not have the authority to nationalize drivers' licenses and other ID cards. Authority to design and issue these cards shall remain with the states. The use of biometric identifiers and Social Security numbers with these cards is not consistent with a free society.
— Summary: The Chairman's Mark for a Bill Establishing a Department of Homeland Security, July 18, 2002

Mr. Ellison has an absolute trust in his database management system's ability to properly manage data. But, Larry, I've got news for you: the DBMS is only as good as the data. I've been on enough database and directory integration projects to know that there is no authoritative data source. You want to take data from organizations that have trouble distinguishing between persons from two different generations who have the same name, but different birth dates and different Social Security numbers? And you want to merge this data into an authoritative source?

Yeah. Right. Next thing you know, you'll be arrested for impersonating the Shogun, or lobotomized for a typographical error.

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