[darkpuppet]

P-51,Oct 7 2005, 09: Wrote:Yeah, go ahead and use it.  The whole thing was very maddening.  I mean, more than the crime, was the complete incompetence and carelessness of all the "authorities" involved.  Nobody REALLY gives a s**t. 

You look at the case that we gave the cops, and they put it on some guy's desk who was on vacation, and didn't even flag it as HOT.  I mean, that 800 number could have been up for who knows how long.  Maybe it's still up!

Everybody gives lip service to the problem, but they don't really care.
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the same as getting your car broken into. I'm tempted to take up car theft, simply because I know nobody will come looking for me.

The best thing people can do is just protect themselves. Watch your statements closely, get regular credit reports (at least once a year), and act quickly and followup often if you open a report. Because the only person who's going to truly protect yourself is you.

And for the love of god, don't buy stuff you hear about in e-mails.