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The entire term "identity theft" is designed to offload blame from the companies themselves. Should be called "criminally negligent data loss" in many cases.
by _asummers 9y ago
The entire term "identity theft" is designed to offload blame from the companies themselves. Should be called "criminally negligent data loss" in many cases.
- nathan_long 9y agoYes. A negligent bank blames you because they didn't bother verifying a criminal's claim to be you. Someone on another HN thread suggested the term "bank slander".