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Comment by grecy

> to their employees having their privacy destroyed

I'm always shocked at how concerned Americans are about the big bad wolf that is "identity theft". Is it really as bad as everyone thinks?

In all honesty, when your info gets leaked, don't you just cancel every credit card and bank account, get a new SSN, change your drivers license number, change your phone number and a few other numbers and move on with your life?

Is it honestly much different than losing your wallet full of cards? (which must happen to tens of thousands of people in the developed world daily)

Does anyone have direct experience on what "identity theft" is actually like?

(Honest question, I'm not American and I don't understand why it's such a big deal)

parent grecy 12 years ago

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