Re: time to name names (was Re: MORE BNY (Mellon Corp) Tape s lost)

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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- -- "Marjorie Simmons" <lawyer () carpereslegalis com> wrote:

> | Even if you go with a conservative estimate that one 
> | 'identity' is worth less than 20 bucks (recently stated 
> | in a paper) . . .
>
> First, the worth of an identity is not the market value 
of the identity, because the market is illegitimate.
>

I would suggest that is actually not the case -- while the
market for identity credentials (includes login IDs, credit
card numbers, CVV & Track 2 data, SSNs, etc.) may indeed be
illegitimate, it is thriving.

So as far as I'm concerned, the statement above on market value
is completely meaningless.

- - ferg

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