The first security feature attached to the B standard was called Wired Equivalency Protocol and it was pretty poor from the get-go.

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Kinsley said the base was requesting each individual's full name, including middle initial, driver's license, and full social security number, in order for background checks to be performed before the race, compared with the standard procedure of first and last name and last four digits of one's social.

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