[LINK] The Real Reason ABS Took the Census Offline?

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 12/08/2016 2:57 PM, Sam Silvester wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Jim Birch <planetjim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Roger Clarke wrote:
>>
>> 1.  The association between the 12-digit number and the dwelling-address
>>>     may have been systematically assigned rather than purely random
>>>
>> Would anyone with any idea of security actually do that?  It seems
>> completely incredible to me.  Like, why have a number at all?
>>
>>
> I believe the last digit of the 12 digits is a check digit (much like a
> credit card number), which narrows the space further.

A quick analysis of my 12 digit number indicates that the 3rd, 9th or
last could be a simple check digit.

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brd

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