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Mark Holtz
01-23-05, 10:17 AM
From SF Gate:

Risking privacy for TV

As part of a nationwide ad campaign, satellite TV provider Dish Network asks, "Why is digital cable so expensive?" And that's a perfectly valid question.

But potential customers may want to ask a question of their own: Why does Dish insist that people hand over their Social Security number?

FULL ARTICLE HERE (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/23/BUGN0ATH9M1.DTL)

SimpleSimon
01-23-05, 01:13 PM
Love your new avatar!

As for the SS#, I've always assumed it was for detection of new vs. "used" customers.