Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Possibly some bad news for Shiteyes Blunkett and his desire to turn the United Kingdom into a panopticon, Identity theft could be next big crimewave, warns internet firm. But especially:
A survey by RSA Security - admittedly based on a small sample - suggested that 79% of people would be prepared, when questioned in the street, to give away some personal information which might allow a dedicated fraudster to steal their identity. "Around eight out of 10 people are prepared to effectively give away their passwords," said Tim Pickard of RSA. "They don't see a high value in that information. A worrying number of people actually have passwords stored within their wallets."
As the banks are now rolling out this new scheme where people will have a second pin number to use rather than their signature when buying stuff in shops we'll have to see what effect that has on the numbers of cards stolen and goods and services paid for that are then revealed to have been done fraudulently. If people don't take their money seriously how much attention are they going to pay to their identity within the state?
A survey by RSA Security - admittedly based on a small sample - suggested that 79% of people would be prepared, when questioned in the street, to give away some personal information which might allow a dedicated fraudster to steal their identity. "Around eight out of 10 people are prepared to effectively give away their passwords," said Tim Pickard of RSA. "They don't see a high value in that information. A worrying number of people actually have passwords stored within their wallets."
As the banks are now rolling out this new scheme where people will have a second pin number to use rather than their signature when buying stuff in shops we'll have to see what effect that has on the numbers of cards stolen and goods and services paid for that are then revealed to have been done fraudulently. If people don't take their money seriously how much attention are they going to pay to their identity within the state?
