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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."

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  1. Political Affiliations and the Afterlife by Chibi+Merrow · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That's funny, in Louisiana the Dead are all registered Democrats. Wonder what's so different about the Afterlife where you live that everyone would vote Republican. Maybe I should move to your state before I die if that means I get to hang out with a bunch of Conservatives once I kick the bucket. ;)

    Sorry, just can't take an AC post seriously...

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