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Why does data loss = identity theft in this day and age?
The fact that a thief who gets your SSN and address can open credit in your name in this day and age is an atrocity. The Credit Bureaus are too busy making money hand over fist selling you "Credit Alert services," which really consists of the moral equivalent of saying, "We'll check your barn every morning and tell you when your horses are gone." Why can't they allow consumers to voluntarily record their fingerprint data with their credit file, and require that that data be electronically matched whenever someone claims to be them? The infrastructure to do this already exists, and the instant credit desks would only need an internet connection and a $20 fingerprint scanner to use it. Consumers would simply present their finger to confirm identity to the Credit Bureau as part of the credit release. Even a bad guy having their fingerprint would not compromise this system, since the latest technology assures that data can't be inserted in to the electronic pipe.

Using this system would allow people to be sure that they are the only ones accessing their credit - putting a vault around it, instead of making blood money selling an after-the-fact burglar alarm alerting service.
Posted by: SecurityThroughObscurity   Posted on: 01/21/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Nice going...  Mike Cox | 01/19/08
lol  TBolt | 01/20/08
Couldn't have said...  r1r1p1@... | 01/21/08
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Why does everyone Blame the computer???  jdibert@... | 01/22/08
I wasn't blaming the computer!  JCitizen | 01/22/08
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RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  sdrogen1@... | 01/21/08
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What IRON MOUNTAIN screwed up??  bgatto | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  GABorden | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  caeciszek | 01/21/08
October is right before  Mahegan | 01/21/08
October is Right!  thisis50 | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  blauder@... | 01/21/08
Lifelock: don't leave home without it  gfpstudios@... | 01/21/08
Lifelock founder has a sketchy background  SecurityThroughObscurity | 01/21/08
Agreed  TheGooch1 | 01/21/08
virus scans?  lauren.glenn@... | 01/21/08
pictures  gribblq | 01/21/08
Better yet put the load on gateway devices..  JCitizen | 01/22/08
Lifelock Doesn't Work  TheGooch1 | 01/21/08
Oh, man--thank you for posting the link.  Grayson Peddie | 01/21/08
LifeLock does nothing for you...  burkhartmic | 01/22/08
Can't you see whos fault it is!  boothby | 01/21/08
Fault  rkyyz@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  durnking | 01/21/08
Not Surprising  mrmiata7@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  lrcomer@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  sifujparks@... | 01/21/08
Why does data loss = identity theft in this day and age?  SecurityThroughObscurity | 01/21/08
Lifelock II  gfpstudios@... | 01/21/08
See above about Lifelock scammer founder  SecurityThroughObscurity | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  ED_FLOWERS@... | 01/21/08
I agree...  tubr0 | 01/21/08
you can't be serious  lottoroe@... | 01/21/08
Let's re-phrase that...  DaveMorris | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  archetuthus | 01/21/08
Secure  gfpstudios@... | 01/21/08
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RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  killians913@... | 01/21/08
Data Lost??  killians913@... | 01/21/08
You Probably Can't...  panzrwagn | 01/22/08
why dont they just come out and say it was encrypted  pcguy777 | 01/21/08
Re: why dont they just come out and say it was encrypted  caeciszek | 01/21/08
IM encrypt?  steeleweed@... | 01/22/08
That isthe more likely scenario I had in mind..(NT)  JCitizen | 01/22/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  WSHBaker@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  lauren.glenn@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  cjtodd@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  miamited@... | 01/21/08
Great ...  KBall1 | 01/21/08
GE we bring..  pdavidsn@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  stanj.miranda@... | 01/21/08
Iron Mountain is a Storage & Protection Facility. Where's the Trust?  desertcities@... | 01/21/08
No excuse.  joe.smetona@... | 01/21/08
Impossible?  gribblq | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  RecruiterGuy | 01/21/08
Big deal about nothing  judgesinel@... | 01/21/08
99% of data loss and theft from employees, not hackers  Hobyx | 01/21/08
sort of right  iamjackalope@... | 01/22/08
part 2  iamjackalope@... | 01/22/08
Ummmm...  DarbyOhara | 01/22/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  drdavis@... | 01/22/08
No Penalty for Data Loss  ceh4702 | 01/22/08
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