Comments on: Anti-identity-theft huckster has had identity stolen at least 13 times http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/anti-identity-theft.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 23:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/anti-identity-theft.html#comment-792078 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-792078 1. Who falls for this crap? The company is obviously a fraud, how dumb can consumers be? 2. Considering that it's an obvious fraud, why is the company allowed to advertise on TV? At the very least, shouldn't the FCC pull the plug on this guy? 1. Who falls for this crap? The company is obviously a fraud, how dumb can consumers be?

2. Considering that it’s an obvious fraud, why is the company allowed to advertise on TV? At the very least, shouldn’t the FCC pull the plug on this guy?

]]> By: jdollak http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/anti-identity-theft.html#comment-791874 jdollak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-791874 I did a search for his number. I found, including him, 16 names using his number. The highlights include "Java T Hut" and "Gaylord Focker" using his number. I did a search for his number.
I found, including him, 16 names using his number.
The highlights include “Java T Hut” and “Gaylord Focker” using his number.

]]> By: dequeued http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/anti-identity-theft.html#comment-792178 dequeued Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-792178 The same gullible (usually poor) people who buy computer from Blue Hippo. People who find learning anything new to be painful. People who probably think very highly of themselves... The same gullible (usually poor) people who buy computer from Blue Hippo.

People who find learning anything new to be painful.

People who probably think very highly of themselves…

]]> By: acb http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/anti-identity-theft.html#comment-791933 acb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-791933 Maricopa County Jail? That's the one run by Joe Arpaio, isn't it? I wonder whether they had him breaking rocks in the desert dressed in a pink tutu or something. Maricopa County Jail? That’s the one run by Joe Arpaio, isn’t it? I wonder whether they had him breaking rocks in the desert dressed in a pink tutu or something.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/anti-identity-theft.html#comment-792458 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-792458 No amount of data encryption or monitoring can replace good ol' common sense...don't put your SSN on TV. Simple. http://blog.itag.com/422/lifelock-stolen-identity/ No amount of data encryption or monitoring can replace good ol’ common sense…don’t put your SSN on TV. Simple. http://blog.itag.com/422/lifelock-stolen-identity/

]]> By: AnthonyC http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/anti-identity-theft.html#comment-792213 AnthonyC Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-792213 If nothing else, this demonstrates why the SSN was never intended or designed to be a form of identification. If nothing else, this demonstrates why the SSN was never intended or designed to be a form of identification.

]]> By: pentomino http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/anti-identity-theft.html#comment-792760 pentomino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-792760 I think someone told Todd that if you paint your social security number on the side of a van, it looks to everyone else like ***-**-****. I think someone told Todd that if you paint your social security number on the side of a van, it looks to everyone else like ***-**-****.

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