LifeLock CEO Had His Own Identity Stolen Numerous Times, Suit Alleges

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22 points·joshwa··9 comments

I don't see what the big deal is. Lifelock explains what they do and have a guarantee.

http://www.lifelock.com/lifelock-for-people

Here they explain that everything they do can be done by you for free. They describe what they do as changing the oil in your car. You could do it yourself, but it's just convenient to have the professionals do it.

The fault lies in the system. Nowhere else in the world it's possible to create an official document (like a driver licence) or a bank account without proper authentication.

Am I understanding this correctly? In the US, you can create driver's licenses and bank accounts with only a social security number?

In Missouri at least, to get a driver's license you need your SSN, your birth certificate, and some form of identification like a passport or a bill in your name at your current address.

as if it's so hard to give cynthia at AT&T a fake name and address.

it's much harder to get the birth certificate. The utility bill is only used to establish address, and making sure that everyone's address is up to date is not easy or worth too much effort.

Social Security # are security through obscurity. We need a national ID system that provided security by design. And, don't bother arguing that we shouldn't have a national ID system because Social Security #s are already a national ID system. If we're going to have a national ID system, it might as well be a good one.

I'm so glad this was posted on YC. Thank you! I'm glad this place is featuring the exact same links as reddit, digg, slashdot, etc. Woohoo copycats!

A suit alleges to have had his identity stolen... I, for one, am not surprised.

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