ID Theft is obviously becoming more common, however, we must take care to ensure the solution is not worse than the disease. As I pointed out in another posting, some protections can go too far or be a hindrance to investigating ID Theft itself.
Here is a well researched article on ID Theft protections possibly going a bit too far. In this case, the buyer of a new car was instructed to provide a thumb print to a private company (the car dealer) to complete the transaction:
Imagine you’ve gone through a multiple week process to purchase an automobile.
You know the drill. Research every feature, pick your color, then, it’s negotiations for purchase price and for trade-in. Everything is done and agreed-upon, and excited, you are ready to hand over the check and collect your new car.
But wait!
You are handed a slip of paper and told to mark your right thumbprint in a box. The paper says clearly that it’s a request, for your protection, and to prevent your identity theft. [read the rest here]
Is this going too far to prevent ID Theft? How do we know what is or isn't too far when we want to be protected?
If you feel that this is going too far to prevent ID Theft, I think you haven't visited http://www.onlinesecurityauthority.com as yet. Go, just check it out for your benefit.
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Posted by: JMS | September 11, 2007 at 07:57 PM
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P.S. Speaking of security.. I don't trust you so NoScript is doing its job.. way to go by forcing CAPTCHA then denying post AFTER all the hoops by only then noticing NoScript in action.
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