Comments on: Identity Theft is still a top concern http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/identity-theft-is-still-a-top-concern Sat, 12 May 2012 04:55:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: identy theft http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/identity-theft-is-still-a-top-concern/comment-page-1#comment-14661 identy theft Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:00:47 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com/2008/02/18/identity-theft-is-still-a-top-concern/#comment-14661 Remember your identity can be stolen from ATMs at retails stores, where some employees use skimming devices to record information off the magnetic stripe. Make sure you keep a vigilant eye on your card as you hand it over to be‘ swiped’. The employee should keep your card visible at all times. If not, ask them to stop the transaction immediately and if you suspect they may have committed an identity theft, cancel you card at once. Remember your identity can be stolen from ATMs at retails stores, where some employees use skimming devices to record information off the magnetic stripe. Make sure you keep a vigilant eye on your card as you hand it over to be‘ swiped’. The employee should keep your card visible at all times. If not, ask them to stop the transaction immediately and if you suspect they may have committed an identity theft, cancel you card at once.

]]> By: Mr Critic http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/identity-theft-is-still-a-top-concern/comment-page-1#comment-14660 Mr Critic Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:28:06 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com/2008/02/18/identity-theft-is-still-a-top-concern/#comment-14660 My immediate reaction to this is that if you have 'roaming' updates, how do you ensure that your delivery device remains uncorrupted/uninfected? Microsoft Updates come from Microsoft.com. Microsoft updates from a roaming delivery program... well, I would be very wary of such a mechanism. Once in the wild, they are no longer controlled. Surely it would be easier to impersonate a roaming program than to impersonate MS's Update site. There seems to be little scope for trust in such a mechanism. The idea is great. But I think that in practice it is unworkable. My immediate reaction to this is that if you have ‘roaming’ updates, how do you ensure that your delivery device remains uncorrupted/uninfected? Microsoft Updates come from Microsoft.com. Microsoft updates from a roaming delivery program… well, I would be very wary of such a mechanism. Once in the wild, they are no longer controlled. Surely it would be easier to impersonate a roaming program than to impersonate MS’s Update site. There seems to be little scope for trust in such a mechanism.

The idea is great. But I think that in practice it is unworkable.

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