It DID, dumbass. Why do you think I'm so anxious for these things to change? I have to keep a personal lawyer on retainer just to keep convincing banks that the accounts opened with my information to the tune of about 1 or two per year (!!) aren't mine. (It's not profitable for banks to listen to the "little people" until you serve them with paperwork...)
The sooner accounts can't opened based on SSN, current address, and mother's maiden name, the better off we ALL are. I don't really wish my fate on anyone. I just hope this will hit home hard enough to get the attention of the government. Nothing else has, so far.
I don't mean to be a troll, but I'm overjoyed by this news. Normal, everyday US citizens have been getting screwed over by identity theft for years, now.
In the aftermath of this, hopefully some governmental officials will start learning why using only semi-private identifiers like "Social Security numbers and other private information" is so bad for us.
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This shit should happen to you.
It DID, dumbass. Why do you think I'm so anxious for these things to change? I have to keep a personal lawyer on retainer just to keep convincing banks that the accounts opened with my information to the tune of about 1 or two per year (!!) aren't mine. (It's not profitable for banks to listen to the "little people" until you serve them with paperwork...)
The sooner accounts can't opened based on SSN, current address, and mother's maiden name, the better off we ALL are. I don't really wish my fate on anyone. I just hope this will hit home hard enough to get the attention of the government. Nothing else has, so far.
I don't mean to be a troll, but I'm overjoyed by this news. Normal, everyday US citizens have been getting screwed over by identity theft for years, now.
In the aftermath of this, hopefully some governmental officials will start learning why using only semi-private identifiers like "Social Security numbers and other private information" is so bad for us.