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Re:Senators push to ditch social security numbers in light o... by Terr_ on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @07:40PM (#15658665)
Exactly, "identify theft" is usually just weasel-wording for "someone broke our lazy authentication system".

Followed by "and we compounded our failure by falsely telling lots of other institutions that it was your fault."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c57WKxeELY

There won't be any improvement until the legal system creates a stronger incentive for institutions to be more secure.

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Re:Senators push to ditch social security numbers in light o... by psyc on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @07:51PM (#15658737)
The term itself is almost ambiguous.

Popular interpretation: "Theft of an identity"

Better interpretation: "Theft, by forging an identity"

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