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...trial’s success will depend on the actions of students. Many opponents of universal access still fear loss of House community, increased theft and potential vandalism if students are allowed into other Houses at night. The trial hours may be revoked if any of these fears are realized. We urge all undergraduates to use the new hours wisely, so that keycard access can be extended throughout...
...sound like the plotline of a hackneyed Hollywood thriller, but hundreds of thousands of Americans may have already been victims of identity theft. Last year alone, the Federal Trade Commission logged more than 85,000 complaints from people whose identities had been pirated. That may only be the tip of the iceberg; some consumer advocates suggest as many as 750,000 identities are stolen each year...
...What, exactly, is identity theft? How does it happen? And how can you protect yourself against this growing trend? TIME.com spoke with Ted Claypoole, a technology lawyer concentrating in financial services and security at the firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice in Charlotte, North Carolina...
...Your online identity consists of numbers and other information that describes you - it's not really you, of course, but to anyone online it is you. In other words, if someone can use your social security number, which is really the key to identity theft, and find your financial information, like a bank account number or credit card number, they can begin to build an identity of someone online who has a lot of your characteristics...
...Anyone who understands identity theft knows these things - so if they can get hold of this information, they can fake your identity...