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September 12, 2003Cringely on Identity TheftWhile standing on his pulpit, Cringely had a good article on identity theft. While finding he had his own mail stolen, he came across a credit report (which he didn't order) that got him thinking about ID theft. Near the end of the article, he shows how he was able to get 300,000 records of personal information... enough info (Name, SSN, Address etc) to order online credit cards if he so desired. Not shocking is the fact that he just realized some federal agencies have been using citizen's SSN as a unique ID number in their databases... which only changd last year. This has been a long standing joke in the underground for over 10 years. It's a good read. I am kinda happy I live up in Canada, where our SIN number is protected differently. (Not by much though) Posted by SilverStr at September 12, 2003 09:34 AM |
 
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