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...also had Joel's Social Security number, the keys to the kingdom. Those digits would be enough on some websites to get me a driver's license in his name--and to start a full-scale identity theft. Before long, I could be ruining his credit rating, draining his bank accounts, and--well, you get the idea...
...websites that track users' movements are the least of it. Privacy advocates and law enforcement are homing in on nine areas--from spyware to identity theft--where they say the Internet's threat to privacy is the greatest. Here are the nine, followed by 10 ways individuals can defend themselves...
Abdallah's high-profile arrest brought national attention to identity theft, which the FBI says is the nation's fastest-growing white-collar crime. An estimated 500,000 Americans have their identities stolen each year. A sign of the times: at least four insurance companies now offer ID-theft policies. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, which works with victims, says it takes an average victim of identity theft two years to clear his credit rating. A growing worst-case scenario: "criminal-identity theft," in which thieves use the stolen identity when they are arrested, leaving their victims with a criminal record...
...Decrease in motor-vehicle theft, according to BJS figures...
...Increase in motor-vehicle theft, according...