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Cringely on Identity Theft
Boiled Frog writes "Prompted by the theft of his mail, Cringely investigates how easy it is to steal identities from government publications. In this article he explains how he got the identities of 300,000 people which he calculates to be valued at $65 billion dollars. If Cringely can do it, anyone can."
Watch out - this could happen to you.
"...valued at $65 billion dollars"
Come on editors, I know it's early on the West Coast, but really.
Some bastard stole my identity and wrote that article under my name!
I'll only go as high as $50 billion and not a penny more!
"People" using "unnecessary" quotes should be "shot".
If I were Cringely, I would have sold those names and now be the proud new owner of Microsoft. Free the source!
Wreck your credit score every 7 years by declaring bankruptcy.
:-)
Then no one will want to steal your ID
So rise up, all ye lost ones, as one, we'll claw the clouds.
My solution to discurage anyone from stealing my identity has been to default on all my student loans, consistently pay my credit cards a few month late, and write anti-government propeganda letters to the local paper (amazingly, I still have my DoD security clearence!). The scammers run screaming...
My lesson learned: shread everything.
EXCEPT the DICTIONARY!
Life is the leading cause of death in America.
Can you imagine what would happen if a misguided Robin Hood decided to popularize the techniques and teach them to America's poor?
Tyler Durden?
Durden?
Durden?
"We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"