Privacy Issues: Identity Theft

[dwayne]

I am putting this here only to make sure most of you see it, and to remind everyone to be vigil with thier private information. If you have images on this or any other site that shows your plate number, VIN or something as trivial as your birth date I would recommend you remove it. Now.
I'm sure someone out there will say that this can't be done, but I don't want to find out the hard way that someone can change the title of your car, bike with just a picture of it and the tag (license plate) number.

This story is about Real Estate Fraud, but the tactics used can easily work with cars, bikes, and boats, IMHO.


http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/file ... index.html

[beemerphile]

... If you have images on this or any other site that shows your plate number, VIN or something as trivial as your birth date I would recommend you remove it. Now.

I'm sure someone out there will say that this can't be done, but I don't want to find out the hard way that someone can change the title of your car, bike with just a picture of it and the tag (license plate) number.

I have never understood the paranoia of fuzzing out the license plate number in a photo (web or otherwise). I can drive around and copy or photograph the plates of every car or motorcycle in town. What's the deal, do I now have some way to take these vehicles away from them? I could probably look up where they live at the right sleuthing site. Heck, they can find my address by looking up the call letters on my amateur radio plate at the FCC web site. Maybe we ought to cover our plates when we drive. Cops would love that.

Not being sarcastic, can someone enlighten me here?

[Beemeridian]

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[ebiker]

When you get a new credit card, DO NOT SIGN THE BACK, instead write SEE I.D.in the slot. All retailers have been advised of this procedure by card issuers and have been told that failure to request the ID puts the onus on the retailer. Now the thief can not copy your signature.

For years I have printed "see photo ID" on the back of my credit cards and a bank tell once questioned me about it. Woman said bank card is not valid unless signed by card holder. I told her my drivers license, which I always carry, has my photo and my signature, but she refuse to concede to my logic.

I guess not everyone sees credit card fraud as a serious issue.

Ed..