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Re:T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People by jvanderbot on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @01:00PM (#28224038)
As always comes up, its not really identity theft, as that information doesnt help you do anything but defraud banks who are not taking time to properly verify who they are lending to. We just call it that so it's not the bank's fault. "Your identity was stolen, we couldn't do anything! "

Check a photo ID. Check a public cert. Take a fingerprint.

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Re:T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People by Buttons840 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @01:23PM (#28224411)
This. A bank you've never heard of fails to identify someone they're giving money to? Your problem, even though you weren't even one of the parties involved.

Is a credit agency illegally spreading false information about you? Not their problem, after all, they can't be expected to know they're spreading false information. Also, they advertise that they are in possession of credit monitoring systems capable of detecting this false information. How is this not libel?

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Re:T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People by lotsofpulp on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @01:05PM (#28224130)
I have heard that in some poorer countries, authorities are requiring fingerprints, passport size photos, and even video statements for certain transactions and real estate.
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