Institutions Cause Identity Theft
Posted on May 22nd, 2009 in ZagZ life
Fingerprint by Davide Guglielmo
Who made my birth date a secret? Who said you can assume anybody who knows it is me?
I am angry. Furious actually. I spent 2 hours on the phone to Telstra today sorting some things out. And while that was boring and frustrating, the real kick in the pants, take no prisoners, scorched earth rage was reserved for institutions using personal data such as my birth date to identify me.
Governments and institutions have appropriated my personal data as a proxy for my identity. By putting the onus on personal information they have ducked responsibility for correctly identifying me and you. They have made it risky to disclose my birthday and age to anyone who didn’t know it at my birth.
