Theft of laptop puts thousands of identities at risk

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One Bizarre Solution to the Identity Crisis

Maybe business and government should form a consortium to offer rewards to the thieves who steal our private information. It is apparent they do not plan to establish security measures to prevent it, so why not just correct it on the back end? Almost as bizarre as the situation we find ourselves in with the idiots that are in charge of safekeeping our private information.

I believe George Orwell predicted the data breaches of 2005, as well as the iron fist control that now exists over our private lives. 1984 is about a totalitarian state where every aspect of public and private behavior is regulated. We certainly aren?t at that point, but the control over our names and personal data by business and government has set the stage for the next step. As Erich Fromm wrote in the book?s ?Afterword,? Orwell warns us that, unless drastic changes are made, people will become ?soulless automatons.? If you look closely at Orwell?s ?Party? in 1984, as the representation of the all-powerful force that controls every aspect of the people of the fictional country of Oceania, it is easy to draw a comparison with the situation today, where our private information is under the exclusive control of government agencies and business.

There is only one way to protect the use of consumers? names and personal data. Pass federal legislation to give the individual control over this private information, and, while we?re at it, pay them for its use. You can read about it in my blog, The Dunning Letter at: http://thedunningletter.blogspot.com/2006/07/independence-is-control-over-your-name.html

Jack E. Dunning
Cave Creek, AZ

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