More of Your Info Might be Online Than You Think
Drew Griffin and Kathleen Johnston write for CNN:
If you are worried about a thief stealing your identity, it's not your wallet that needs guarding -- it's your state and local governments.More here.
That's the alarm Betty "BJ" Ostergren, the self-proclaimed Virginia Watchdog, has been sounding for the past four years from her rural Virginia home.
Sitting at her computer, she shows us with just a click of the mouse she can find Social Security numbers, birthdates, bank loans and even digitized signatures that a clever thief could easily manipulate onto official-looking documents. Everything anyone would need to steal your identity is right online, put there by local and state government agencies.
posted by Fergie @ 6/13/2006 02:07:00 PM
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