Here’s how I prefer to do it. Randomly enter my SSN into a search box on a new site by a web startup.
No, I’m not kidding…
StolenIDSearch provides a free online search engine. All you have to do is enter your Social Security Number or credit card number into the box and they’ll look it up to see if it’s on the stolen list.
This is probably the most asinine idea ever, second only to our freshman college roomie who almost microwaved a can of soup.
TrustedID says they don’t retain any of the info, the server is protected with SSL, and the only people who have access to it go through extensive background checks.
Sound familiar? It’s the same crap merchants and credit card companies have been telling us, and look what happened to TJ Maxx, and Office Max.
Oh man. I wonder if anyone is dumb enough to actually use this thing?
Forget it. This is definitely something people are using as we speak.
[tags]ssn, identity theft, silly, dangerous, web 2.0[/tags]