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Re: [privacy] More of the Truth: VA Data Theft Hit 80% Of ActiveMilitary
From: Dave Dittrich <dittrich () u washington edu>
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:14:16 -0400
I can't stand this. I just saw a TV "news" report on this incident, which quoted some silly ID theft prevention company (who is probably drooling over the money they're going to make from this and other incidents.) Their top three recommendations: 1. Buy a shredder 2. Protect your children (who's IDs may be stolen) 3. Watch your credit report. So 1 and 2 have absolutely NOTHING to do with this incident, and why should anyone (especially active duty military personnel) HAVE to spend time watching their credit report to make sure that whoever stole this data doesn't use it? I can't wait for someone to come up with a "Support the Troops" movement that results in pressuring Congress to change laws about how hard it is for someone to prevent being a victim of ID theft and to put the costs on those who lose our data. Young, Keith wrote:
Ok, can you imagine being the poor shnook that stole this laptop thinking he could get $200 bucks for it in a pawnshop or elsewhere?I'd bet that the stolen laptop from his Aspen Hill home (in Montgomery County) was sold at one of our fine pawnshops long before this incident was in the news. Remember, there was a couple week lag between the theft and when this hit the papers... --Keith Keith Young, Security Official Department of Technology Services Montgomery County, Maryland phone - (240) 777-2955 _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
-- Dave Dittrich Information Assurance Researcher, dittrich () u washington edu The iSchool http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich University of Washington PGP key http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich/pgpkey.txt Fingerprint FE97 0C57 0843 F3EB 49A1 0CD0 8E0C D0BE C838 CCB5 _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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- Re: [privacy] More of the Truth: VA Data Theft Hit 80% Of ActiveMilitary Young, Keith (Jun 07)
- Re: [privacy] More of the Truth: VA Data Theft Hit 80% Of ActiveMilitary Dave Dittrich (Jun 07)