Sunday, May 14, 2006

Identity Theft Via NSA's Recordings of Your Phone Calls?

When one stops to think about it, one gives basics on one's identity whenever one calls one's bank or pension fund, or whatever. Mine want my age, my SS#, my address, my phone. If the Bushies have access to all our phone calls, then one must assume that any crook in the system or hacker seeking identity information such as this, so as to stage a hit, may also have access to same.

This came to mind the other day when a routine credit check indicated that I was the alleged owner of a property in what turned out to be a seaside resort town of which I had never heard. Such a hit would involve using my credentials to purchase such and then a raid on it via a mortgage or equity line. Presumably I would -- as others have been -- eventually called upon to pay up on such properties. And recovering from such debts can be quite expensive both in legal fees, proofs that are difficult to establish at long distance, and at the very least in a distorted credit rating which I now have.

Beware! Verizon, I am suing you! http://www22.verizon.com/

And, no, I am not sending my identity particulars as you have requested!
My lawyer will post the summons on your door!
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"A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy cited by Machiavelli)
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Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PrivacyRights
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