“Identity theft” hardly ever refers to actually assuming someone else’s identity.
Yes, identity theft includes things as basic as using someone else's credit card. I learned that when I reported that someone rifled through our car, took a credit card, and tried to use it at a gas station.
It kinda surprised me.
Re:Confessions of a Bitcoin Widow
by franga2000 on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @11:49AM
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This Mitchell and Webb skit feels relevant https://youtu.be/CS9ptA3Ya9E
He stole your money and both your identity (when making the transaction, as he is not authorized). Just pondering, not a lawyer.
It is rare relative to stolen credit cards. But I wouldn't call in excess of 700,000 cases/year to be "hardly ever".
See https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/vit14.pdf for comparative numbers for 2012 and 2014.
That 700k is not referring to someone actually assuming someone elses identity. A tiny fraction of them might be, but tax return fraud or unemployment fraud seem like far more likely options.
How can you steal an identity and travel in today's world? There are only a few countries that still make passport which are not biometric.
Re:Confessions of a Bitcoin Widow
by mrsuprawsm on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @11:45AM
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Apparently it's quite easy if you have a passport from a country considered wealthy (e.g. EU).
>According to document sellers, it is impossible to fake a working biometric chip, but at many border crossings officials checking passports simply ignore those that don’t work, waving the passport holder through.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/31/revealed-how-f...
Wow. So they collected all this data and complicated all these lives and in the end... the system doesn't work?
Re:Confessions of a Bitcoin Widow
by mindslight on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @12:57PM
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Obviously. The authoritarian impulse is rooted in control, not ultimate effectiveness.
Re:Confessions of a Bitcoin Widow
by donnythecroc on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @04:19PM
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He has a pilots licence. There is a podcast about this that explains it well but basically it's not hard with that kind of money.
Re:Confessions of a Bitcoin Widow
by inopinatus on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @04:29PM
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Is there some kind of contest to produce the most outlandish explanations of this matter?
As an total outsider I’m accustomed to the cryptocurrency echobubble blaring like a sackful of unhinged hyenas, but the apoplectic conspiracy-mongerong on display seems off the scale.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriga_Fintech_Solutions