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Iowa proposes ID theft 'passport'

March 21, 2006 Document is meant to prove somebody was a victim of identity theft, protect against fraudulent credit charges. TAGS: identity theft, identity fraud, passport, creditor, victim, proposal, identity, crime, card

Mitigating identity theft

April 14, 2005 Security expert Bruce Schneier says solutions being proposed in Congress won't stem a worrying trend. TAGS: fraud, victim, criminal, identity theft, financial company, crime, identity, credit card company, credit card, bank

Police Blotter: Is it legal to use an alias anymore?

October 12, 2007 Arizona senior citizen sentenced to 10 years for inventing the name "Peter Reynolds" and using it to open bank accounts, pay his monthly bills. TAGS: conviction, Police Blotter, Arizona, Cox Communications Inc., bank account, identity, Social Security, bank, citizen, social security number, identity theft

How we went wrong on identity

November 1, 2007 Steven Gal says the current ID infrastructure has left consumers annoyed and feeling victimized, and needs to be completely re-engineered. TAGS: silo, identity, identity theft, security, U.S.

Identity theft risk greatest in major cities

February 14, 2007 Study lists New York, Detroit and Los Angeles as the cities with the highest occurrence of identity fraud. TAGS: identity fraud, analytics, identity theft, Detroit, identity, risk, Los Angeles, complaint, city, credit card, New York

Short shelf life for data breach laws?

March 2, 2006 Privacy expert Thomas Oscherwitz says given the rapid advancement of technology, these laws may quickly become obsolete. TAGS: crook, law, social security number, institution, identity, Social Security, identity theft, notification, analysis, security

Expert: Better ID checks won't beat fraud

March 15, 2005 Plans to supplement passwords with security devices won't solve the problems plaguing Web businesses, warns a crypto expert. TAGS: authentication, transaction, fraud, identity, chief technology officer, banking, identity theft, security company, security, password, conference, solution, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp., server

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