Scanning Your Identity: Who's at Risk? | Today's TMJ4 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin News, Weather, Sports, WTMJ | Special Assignment

Scanning Your Identity: Who's at Risk? | Today's TMJ4 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin News, Weather, Sports, WTMJ | Special Assignment

This is just one of many current news articles you can find everyday concerning identity theft. What this article demonstrates is the ease with which an individuals identity can be compromised, and the lack of concern identity thieves have for their victims.

This article's subject is about the use of a free smartphone app that reads barcodes. Now there is nothing wrong with the app itself, it would be very useful for shoppers, price checkers, and many other legitimate uses. The problem comes in with the fact that many businesses and institutions, such as the VA in this story, make personal information available through bar scans, up to and including your social security number. The fact that identity thieves are preying on patients in a VA hospital only magnifies the point that they do not care who the victims might be, from newborns to those who have already passed, like flowing water these people take the easiest path to their destination, profiting off someone else's identity.

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