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The SERIOUS ISSUE Of Identity Theft

Is it time for society to truly focus on this issue and get a grip?

Identity theft: its not hard to do, it impacts individuals, whole economies -- and can help out terrorists who seek to create "new" identities. Random Fate gives you a slew of solid details and links -- and raises some troubling issues.

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Michael Berger (mail):
This is an interesting issue because the harder it is to steal identities and use for any important purpose, the stronger our identification needs to be. And that raises fears of loss of freedom to the government. The issue will be - where is the balance.
2.27.2005 12:11pm