New Legislation to Combat Identity Theft

coondoggie writes to tell us the Washington Post is reporting that new legislation in a numbers of states and the District of Columbia allows consumers to place a "security freeze" on their credit files. "For the millions of consumers who receive notice each year that their personal or financial data was lost or stolen, a preemptive security freeze can offer peace of mind. It blocks businesses and potential fraudsters from gaining access to a consumer's credit report and score and from granting new lines of credit in the consumer's name. In many states, consumers who want to remove the freeze can use a special identification number to unlock access to their credit file."

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Un-freeze

[Lawn Jocke]

In many states, consumers who want to remove the freeze can use a special identification number to unlock access to their credit file

That number wouldn't happen to be...

09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

If they are really concerned about ID theft

[geekoid]

They should tell the reporting agencies they have 30 days, and then they have to stop using SSN.

How they fix it it their business.
OTOH, with ID theft becoming more common, reporting agency will eventually be worthless since no one can depend on their reports anymore.

How about...

[CrowbarKing]

Send multiple Arnold Schwarzenegger clones back in time to help recover your stolen identity.