08-18-2019, 09:11 AM
(08-17-2019, 07:23 PM)march Wrote: Does anyone get the feeling that anyone supporting the police state now is a paid NSA shill?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2...l-networks
Identity theft is a despicable practice. I am surprised that people are not yet sued for it in courts of law.
If used in larceny (let us say someone takes access to my credit card by fishing for my keystrokes and then orders a new wardrobe), then that person has committed a crime suitable for criminal prosecution. I'm probably going to get a call from the card company with a message like this:
This is (name withheld) from Wachovia Bank*. We have noticed unusual activity on your account in which someone using your credit card data has made big purchases at Montgomery Ward*, Sunny Spa Massage Parlor (fictional), and Steak and Ale* in the Greater Memphis area. This is uncharacteristic of your recent spending habits. Then I tell the bank officer that I have not been in Greater Memphis for years, and that the charges are fraudulent and when prompted say that I will sign an affidavit to the effect, and consent to the arrest of the imposter. Do the crook goes to Sound Warehouse* and attempts to buy a large collection of recorded music and is busted.
Aw, too bad. Mr. Big Spender gets to go to jail, go directly to jail, and not get to enjoy the new stuff. Too bad that he got to enjoy the massage parlor and the surf-and-turf...
*defunct entities, as I do not give free advertising.
Identity theft can do harm to a reputation in academia or public life... why must people cheat? So if you are a neo-Nazi, why must you pose as Rabbi Menachem Schneersohn (deceased) and claim that one has inside information that Jews are all criminal conspirators against gentiles instead of citing the usual Nazi sources like Hitler, Goebbels, Streicher, and (Alfred) Rosenberg?
We are going to see clearer measures against identity theft for any purpose... and recognize it is a despicable, and often criminal practice.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.