Privacy, Anonymity, and Compartmentalization

[Agent Orange]

Originally Posted by lisarea

We (Americans) don't really have any privacy protections. It's completely ridiculous.

I recently sent an irate e-mail to pipl (or some similar site) for publishing my birth certificate on their website. I don't know where in god's earth they got that or how, but it is absolutely offensive to me that in an age where identity theft is not only a real concern but COMMON my very personal documents were online for the whole world to see. Your city of birth is a security question for a lot of important websites whether it's banking or job listings. That sort of breach of personal information should be illegal.

[Ari]

Originally Posted by Agent Orange

our city of birth is a security question for a lot of important websites whether it's banking or job listings. That sort of breach of personal information should be illegal.

It's often why I don't answer these questions truthfully. Back when people cared about Palin she had her e-mail account "hacked" by someone hunting down her secret question answers. Most of which she had made public at one time or another.

[Agent Orange]

Originally Posted by Ari

It's often why I don't answer these questions truthfully. Back when people cared about Palin she had her e-mail account "hacked" by someone hunting down her secret question answers. Most of which she had made public at one time or another.

Good point. I don't make my information public, either. But since my birth certificate was found, I might as well make my own "cover identity" just for my security information. Most of my friends that I know personally don't know where I was born, what my mother's maiden name is, or my father's middle name...it's frustrating that a complete stranger can figure it out.

[ImGod]

Originally Posted by Agent Orange

I recently sent an irate e-mail to pipl (or some similar site) for publishing my birth certificate on their website. I don't know where in god's earth they got that or how, but it is absolutely offensive to me that in an age where identity theft is not only a real concern but COMMON my very personal documents were online for the whole world to see. Your city of birth is a security question for a lot of important websites whether it's banking or job listings. That sort of breach of personal information should be illegal.

That's what all the muslims from Kenya say, isn't it?