On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Crispin Cowan wrote: > Seth Arnold wrote: > > >the state. Spending $100,000 to improve security might not be worth the > >expense if it would prevent $20,000 worth of fraud; the privacy issues > >are much more difficult to quantify, but spending real money on > >intangible benefits is a difficult sell. :) > > > Why would anyone do identity-theft on welfare recipients? They don't > have any money to steal :) If the identity they are stealing has other useful bits (like a clean record), then it is useful. If they have a good credit raiting, you may be able to steal the money from someone else and leave the original person stuck with the bills.
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