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Ah, yes, I see the argument about credit reports. Putting aside the question of whether they can exist at all, the security checks are laughable and therefore s
by TazeTSchnitzel 8y ago
Ah, yes, I see the argument about credit reports. Putting aside the question of whether they can exist at all, the security checks are laughable and therefore someone can make a black mark on yours by impersonating you with much greater ease than should be the case.
- esotericn 8y agoRight. The other main category of problem that comes with identity theft is my own resources being used (e.g. an account, bank or otherwise) by a non-me. Again, this goes away if you use real authentication rather than "oh, he has a photo of a pink bit of plastic with an address on it?, gosh must be him, here you go!". It would be more expensive to do so, though, so we don't. The burden is pushed on to the end user.