Identity Protection

Teleduplication: duplicating keys from afar

ketyung — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:17:46 -0600

Hide you keys now, as a software system called Teleduplication is capable of copying keys from afar as long as they have the image of your keys. And these days, anyone can simply use a digital camera or a cellphone to capture a photo of your keys and send it to the Teleduplication software for copying those keys.

Korean adoptees in US seek identity via peers or cultural exploration

harminka — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:52:07 -0500

Finding out "Who am I?" for Korean adoptees, many of them orphaned, following the Korean War in the 1950s was a struggle when adulthood hit for many in the 1970s, but the road has since gotten smoother with exploration of their ethnic identities following two basic paths, say University of Oregon sociologists.

Personal data from 650,000 credit card holders lost in US

seher — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:13:46 -0600

Information on 650,000 credit card holders held by U.S. retail stores is reported to be lost. The lost data includes 150,000 social security numbers.

UK government loses personal information of 25 million people

admin_huliq — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:34:26 -0600

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced to a shocked House of Commons today that two password-protected computer disks containing the entire Child Benefit database have been lost in transit between the offices of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in Washington, Tyne & Wear and the National Audit Office (NAO) in London, in what has been described as "one of the world’s biggest ID protection failures".

The new face of identity protection

harminka — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:55:33 -0500

Trying to remember dozens of personal identification numbers (PIN), passwords and credit card numbers may not be necessary for much longer, thanks to a University of Houston professor and his team.

VeriSign Showcases Digital Infrastructure Portfolio at 3GSM World Congress

Nymphadora — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:25:53 -0600