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Protecting your identity: in response to an epidemic of identity theft, let's not complicate and worsen the situation when some simple fixes will alleviate the bulk of the problem.(Cover story)
In Hans Christian Andersen's children's story "The Emperor's New Clothes," townsfolk refused to remark about the obvious nudity of the emperor for fear of appearing foolish. It took an innocent child to speak up and proclaim that the emperor wasn't wearing anything at all. It's now time for someone to once again speak up and ask an innocent question: "Why are fraud victims held accountable for identity theft when it's governments and financial institutions that have allowed that theft to happen?"
Last year turned out to be a bumper-crop year for losses of computer files with personal information. Names, Social Security account numbers, birth dates, salary ...
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