Comments on: The Identity (Theft) Crisis http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-identity-theft-crisis/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:56:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-identity-theft-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-154604 Anonymous Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:20:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=38552#comment-154604 Not a day goes by when you don't hear about identity theft. It has really gotten bad with all of the technology we use today. Identity theft protection is a must. I use Solus Identity Theft Protection to protect my family. Not a day goes by when you don’t hear about identity theft. It has really gotten bad with all of the technology we use today. Identity theft protection is a must. I use Solus Identity Theft Protection to protect my family.

]]> By: arthur http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-identity-theft-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-154131 arthur Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:11:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=38552#comment-154131 this is crazy. i hope the next administration does a forward looking job of addressing these things. this is crazy. i hope the next administration does a forward looking job of addressing these things.

]]> By: Judy, NYC http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-identity-theft-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-153982 Judy, NYC Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:36:03 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=38552#comment-153982 there are no secrets, so i am not sure what we are attempting to protect, or why we are driving ourselves crazy over not protecting it. if company secrets are so valuable, why are they all going bankrupt and need bailouts. soon, governments won't bother with hacking to throw citizens in prison, they can do that from the internet. information and secrecy is a paradigm in flux, there is no new paradigm and the old one doesn't seem very useful. individuals and governments have little credit or money, this may cease to be meaningful as well. pakistani gangs stealing confederate dollars and maxed ccards would be more dangerous pulling an all available weimer-republic wheelbarrows heist. there are no secrets, so i am not sure what we are attempting to protect, or why we are driving ourselves crazy over not protecting it. if company secrets are so valuable, why are they all going bankrupt and need bailouts. soon, governments won’t bother with hacking to throw citizens in prison, they can do that from the internet. information and secrecy is a paradigm in flux, there is no new paradigm and the old one doesn’t seem very useful. individuals and governments have little credit or money, this may cease to be meaningful as well. pakistani gangs stealing confederate dollars and maxed ccards would be more dangerous pulling an all available weimer-republic wheelbarrows heist.

]]> By: Billy Bob http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-identity-theft-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-153959 Billy Bob Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:38:19 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=38552#comment-153959 This happened a couple of years ago, in Rhode Island, if memory serves. A team of Armenian bad guys visited an all-night supermarket. They split up. One engaged the skeleton staff's attention, while the others swapped out several of the debit card PIN-pad devices. Not long after, the local banks were hit with a wave of disputed withdrawals. The supermaket was the common factor. Investigators reviewed the video surveillance and observed the PIN-pads being switched. So, they set a trap and busted the bad guys when they returned to harvest the captured PINs. This happened a couple of years ago, in Rhode Island, if memory serves. A team of Armenian bad guys visited an all-night supermarket. They split up. One engaged the skeleton staff’s attention, while the others swapped out several of the debit card PIN-pad devices.

Not long after, the local banks were hit with a wave of disputed withdrawals. The supermaket was the common factor. Investigators reviewed the video surveillance and observed the PIN-pads being switched. So, they set a trap and busted the bad guys when they returned to harvest the captured PINs.

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