Did anyone watch the programme about identity theft?

[bunnykins]

i always shred letters and my bunny has it for bedding,lol

its more the pc hacking and using your passwords and cards etc,that worries me.

 

i do think the amout of data people put into sites such as facebook is shocking,just like an online diary tbh,

just waiting for someone to take an interest and bang they have your every move etc on the pc.

[BasilRathbon]

A shock report out today suggests bank account details are selling for as little as £5 as part of a thriving trade in stolen information on the internet.

 

http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=8010909

 

Sounds scary until you read the report was actually produced by a "web security" company called Symantec. No conflict of interest or lack of impartiality there then.....

[jibbs1977]

I hope the sods who got hold of my details sold mine for alot as some div spent £800 on my master card.

[Wardonia]

I watched the programme.

 

Little does Wardonia realise that I am using her account to type in words like knobend and arse on SF

[BasilRathbon]

I didn't know you could use words like knobend and arse on SF. Has the swearing filter been relaxed so you can now call someone a ******* **** as well?

[Wardonia]

You can use knobend and arse, but strangely not ********.

 

Actually you can type as much ******** as you want and most people do.

[bunnykins]

I don't know why people put so much info on facebook etc. They might as well add when they leave their house, return, and what the alarm codes are.

 

too much info,shame they dont have a read at what they write:rolleyes:

asking for trouble

[Alex C.]

too much info,shame they dont have a read at what they write:rolleyes:

asking for trouble

 

I leave quite a bit of information on there (road name, date of birth, phone number, employers details) because its the sort of stuff my friends might want to refer to. I've set the privacy so no-one can see it unless they're added as a friend.

 

Of course, one of my friends could turn to a life of crime, but if they had the same details written down in a contacts book, they'd be able to do just the same.

[bunnykins]

not worth the risk,your mobile number and thats it,if your friends need more info then they can contact you,