Comments on: The real problem in ID theft

By: PHB

PHB — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:34:54 +0000

Every time I have got a new telephone number in the US I have had a series of calls from debt collection services going after the old owner of the number. I used to think that they were deadbeats, now I realize that these are just another type of scam calls.
One of the good features of VOIP systems is that you can block particular numbers.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:14:09 +0000

Silly me, i thought the answer was to nuke the cards with chips in them.

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Catherine Leyen — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:58:54 +0000

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By: Andy Steingruebl

Andy Steingruebl — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:59:55 +0000

Consider the similar case of the phone companies prior to the do-not-call registry….
1. They have your basic info including phone number.
2. They sell this information to phone marketers.
3. They sell you a blocking service to stop phone marketers.
4. You can’t tell them not to share your data.
Its a pretty nice racket to get both sides to pay you….