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Re: Repudiating non-repudiation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (robin benson)
Mon Dec 29 16:07:43 2003
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Cc: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>, Ed Gerck <egerck@nma.com>,
Jerrold Leichter <jerrold.leichter@smarts.com>,
Amir Herzberg <amir@herzberg.name>, Carl Ellison <cme@acm.org>,
Ian Grigg <iang@systemics.com>, cryptography@metzdowd.com
From: robin benson <rob@hammerheadmedia.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:56:05 +0000
To: "Paul A.S. Ward" <pasward@ccng.uwaterloo.ca>
On 29 Dec 2003, at 19:29, Paul A.S. Ward wrote:
> This first case is actually quite amusing. I was recently the subject
> of identity theft.
> Specifically, the thieves had my SSN (SIN, actually, since it is in
> Canada), and my
> driver's licence number. They produced a fake driver's licence, and
> used it to open
> bank accounts in my name. When this all came to light, the bank
> wanted a notarized
> document that said that I did not open these accounts or know anything
> about them.
> And what was required for notarization? I had to go to city hall and
> get someone
> who had never met me before to look at my photo ID (which was my
> drivers licence)
> and sign the form saying it was me! Great system!
A friend of mine went through the same city hall process in the US,
although for a different reason (still in the context of proof of
identity) and was given a dot-matrix printout which was then considered
good enough for somebody else who had previously declared a current
passport as falling short of the mark.
Robin
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robin benson
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+44 114 2303764
+44 7967 354544
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