On 03/01/2018 03:14 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 03/01/2018 01:03 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 03/01/2018 02:32 PM, David G. Johnston wrote:
>
>> There's always the "account number", which is usually synthetic. Credit
>> Card numbers are also synthetic.
>
> Actually, no:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_card_number
>
> There is a method to the madness, not just random issuance of numbers. It
> was made it relatively easy for folks to *generate numbers*. Hence the
> addition of CSC codes.
Right. And how do the issuers generate the individual account identifier
within their IIN ranges?
>
> ICD numbers are (relatively)
>> synthetic, too.
>>
>> But that doesn't mean we have to use them willy-nilly everywhere.
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