(12-14-2017 12:39 PM)Cormanus Wrote: jtopsio, does this thread help you at all?
Yes it does indeed, thanks.
So, as I understand it, it is a combination of model and market and serial number.
So, if I post my 4 last digits of my VIN on the "register thread" and having already posted which model I own, the VIN can be deduced completely except the "hash" code, checksum, redundant part, control figure, or however you want to call it.
However, having a list of some valid Honda's VINs, the rule to generete that checksum character can be easily deduced, so my complete VIN can be deduced.
How is this a worry? I don't know in the US, but here, with a VIN and a few $, you can go to the DMV, DVLA or (how do you call there the agency registering motor vehicles?) and get the address of the owner of any vehicle.
Call me a paranoid, but...