tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630186760095824791.post3937726147319711314..comments2023-09-26T08:42:57.079-07:00Comments on Identity Theft and Business: Pardon meJohn Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15220821369172645158noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2630186760095824791.post-25555670083258422942008-08-21T14:49:00.000-07:002008-08-21T14:49:00.000-07:00You wrote: "Do you know anyone foolish enough to t...You wrote: "Do you know anyone foolish enough to try to plug up a sieve? We cannot apply old solutions to new issues."<BR/><BR/>Most people are not even trying (foolishly or not) to "plug up the sieves"--that is the *real* problem.<BR/><BR/>If everyone in America is willing to just roll over and LET the corporations and bureaucracies take and abuse our information, we will have NO privacy. EACH and EVERY American must do his/her part in salvaging what privacy we have left and making sure that corps and government offices, etc. realize that "MY INFORMATION means IT BELONGS TO ME, not you; and ONLY I get to decide what is done with it." This applies to our financial records, medical records, driving records, you name it. It should even apply when CORPORATE-driven efforts like recent highly-invasive CENSUS BUREAU questionnaires try to delve where they have no right to go. It should apply to all nosy phone calls and mail queries--even those from so-called "fraternal" or "alumni" associations. If you don't want your information "out there," traded by everyone, stop giving it out.<BR/><BR/>We're sick and tired of hearing the argument, almost always promulgated by computer-tech experts, that "privacy is dead," and there is nothing we can do about it. They seem to have a vested interest in destroying all privacy in USA. But we are not convinced that it is or should be dead, and we will continue to work to safeguard our privacy.<BR/><BR/>We hope all others will do the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com