identity-theft, originally uploaded by glenn.mcknight.
My sister sends a frantic email indicating that we need to keep things we post on the Internet more private. It seems that her ex is causing some issues, so she wants all of us to be more aware. I tried explaining to her that if someone wanted to find out all this information on me, even if I wasn’t on the Internet, they could. Her response?
“Why make it easier for them?”
My only response was, “They already can.”
To appease her, I made my Geni as private as I could. However, I said to her that I am an open book and don’t have crazy psychos stalking me (or not that I am aware of), so I really could care less what people do or don’t find out about me. She still kept insisting that someone could just go to Social Security Administration (SSA) with your parents’ name and fake ID and get your information.
If this is the case, then every friend and ex-partner can just go to SSA and claim my identity. Don’t get me wrong. I know that Identity Theft is a huge problem, but this privacy that people try to have on the Internet is insane because it doesn’t work. If the person is a little tech savvy, he/she can find out all that he/she needs.
Am I wrong to think this way? Should we be super private about all everything in our lives? Or should we not care about sharing photos, information, etc.?
Tags: Crime, geni, Identity document forgery, identity theft, Privacy, Social Security Administration, SSA, Theft, too open, too private, too public, United States
