Come on people, let's use the correct term: Identity Fraud. Let's not continue to conflate copying and theft. If someone pretends to be you for fraudulent purposes, they haven't stolen your identity -- you still have your identity and you're still you. If anything, they've made a "copy" of your identity, but you still have the original.
It's fraud, plain and simple, and any "Identity Theft" criminals will be charged with "fraud", not theft. Don't continue to use the scaremongering term that the media made up in order to put more fear into everyone.
Let's use the term "theft" correctly, just like we do in the case of copyright infringement. Identity "theft" is no more "theft" than copyright infringement is, since the victim is still left with his identity. If someone pretends to be me, they haven't stolen my identity -- I'm still me. It's just plain old FRAUD.
I urge those of you who would argue that copyright infringement is different from theft to follow through on your beliefs and agree that "identity theft" isn't theft either, it's simply fraud. If anything, they're making a copy of your identity, but you're still left with the original identity.
"But wait," you say, "they have stolen something from me! My good name is gone, and credit opportunitites I might have had are gone." So fine, call it "reputation assault", or "credit fraud". But let's not use the sensationalist term "identity theft". That's a term made up to sell more newspapers.
Regarding AGP network cards... it's been done, by Apple's XServe. In its standard configuration, one of the gigabit interfaces is an AGP card in the AGP slot.
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Come on people, let's use the correct term: Identity Fraud. Let's not continue to conflate copying and theft. If someone pretends to be you for fraudulent purposes, they haven't stolen your identity -- you still have your identity and you're still you. If anything, they've made a "copy" of your identity, but you still have the original.
It's fraud, plain and simple, and any "Identity Theft" criminals will be charged with "fraud", not theft. Don't continue to use the scaremongering term that the media made up in order to put more fear into everyone.
Let's use the term "theft" correctly, just like we do in the case of copyright infringement. Identity "theft" is no more "theft" than copyright infringement is, since the victim is still left with his identity. If someone pretends to be me, they haven't stolen my identity -- I'm still me. It's just plain old FRAUD.
I urge those of you who would argue that copyright infringement is different from theft to follow through on your beliefs and agree that "identity theft" isn't theft either, it's simply fraud. If anything, they're making a copy of your identity, but you're still left with the original identity.
"But wait," you say, "they have stolen something from me! My good name is gone, and credit opportunitites I might have had are gone." So fine, call it "reputation assault", or "credit fraud". But let's not use the sensationalist term "identity theft". That's a term made up to sell more newspapers.
Regarding AGP network cards ... it's been done, by Apple's XServe. In its standard configuration, one of the gigabit interfaces is an AGP card in the AGP slot.