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- SmartITGuy, on 10/12/2007, -7/+178No way! this can't be real ...Are you serious?
....Where can you get lunch for $6 ??? - stonebear, on 10/12/2007, -1/+37I knew something was wrong when the floor to ceiling, bullet-proof plexiglass went up at the DMV.
- Chompy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+38Pretty soon, nobody will.
- Pic0, on 10/12/2007, -5/+36this is why you shouldnt live in cali unless you don't have a SSN
- DannySpace, on 10/12/2007, -12/+43Oh, thats it, ***** THE RIAA!!!
- Octanum, on 10/12/2007, -6/+36You can get lunch for $6 when you DINE IN HELL!!!
- theblooms, on 10/12/2007, -8/+34The People's Republik of Kalifornia strikes again.
- spookyttws, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27A) Come on, that was pretty funny. And B) 45,000 Californians a year? That is disturbingly high.
- MaiSacNjoMouf, on 10/12/2007, -5/+28Lunch for $6
http://www.funny-games.biz/animations/48-mcdonalds_ebonics.html
Did somebody be sayin McDonalds?? - TroubleInMind, on 10/12/2007, -7/+29I think most permanent residents of California don't have SSNs anyway.
- kaiser44, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11The person or persons, who put this into practice should be fired for invasion pf privacy, unlawful distribution of person all information, all people should receive full compensation for any harm done, all entities who bought or sold this information should be made to disclose how info was used and the state of California should be sued for negligence for approving this practice knowing in advance that harm that could be perpetrated against individuals who had their names on this list.
The government is out of control and this is not the only state this kind of crap goes on.
Arnold should be made to explain this malfeasance under his watch and make sure that the people involved are fired. - drvelocity, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9This is a perfect example of how f*ing dumbed down the media is in America today. I'm too young to know if it's always been this way or not - but my GOD, was this article written for a 5 year old? At the very least, tell us WHY the government of California had this web page.. and maybe, if you can find the time between writing crap stories like this that any freshman journalist student could put together in 5 minutes, do some real research and get to the bottom of how something like this could have been created in the first place. Think of the fame, the fortune! A Pulizter!
- Pile, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Hey, the reporter Charlotte Fadpipe is obviously a cheap date... so why not ask her out?
cfadipe@kovr.com - kday, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Well, here in Tarrant and Dallas County, TX, you can get someone's SSN via an open records search on the websites..
proof: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/08-06/0811countyrecords.pdf
Dallas County appears to be fixing or has already fixed this problem, but I believe Tarrant County (and possibly many other TX counties) still have this security problem. I've tested this myself a couple weeks ago out of the sake of curiousity, and I was able to find this personal info with little effort.
Conclusion: I guess $6 adds a little bit of extra security compared to free searches in Texas.. - ricksite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I worked in politics in the late '90s in Iowa and we could buy voter, driver license, and vehicle registration files. They all had SSN and you could link them together very easily (although we never got around to it). It's funny how, less than a decade later, people are just now realizing how much information is available.
- kindofblue, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2According to the Sacramento Bee:
"The secretary of state's office maintains about 2 million Uniform Code documents, which banks and other lending agents post with the state to record documentation of collateral that borrowers list to qualify for certain loans.
The documents are typically purchased by other lenders conducting loan research."
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/142757.html - Leomarth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Your defacto State Identifcation Number. Do you have SIN?
- kettle, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7Unbelievably terrible idea yes, but do you have any idea how many other places this information is available? Much better to be aware of this.
- topnotchnet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2and most states drivers license bureaus / dmv, whatever you want to call it
sell all the info thats on your drivers licence/state id to the highest bidder every year
nothing in the US is private just be careful what laws you break(cause you can't go thru your day without breaking one) or at least be able to pay the fine, court costs, or hire the dream team if you do get caught - kingygk, on 10/12/2007, -7/+8Way to go democrat leaders . *****.
- l337fanboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"It's not the result of hacking or Internet fishing."
No *****...
I usually take my pole on a lazy sunday and strike out to catch me some SS#'s. - gmason08, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1exactly. private industry lobbies for gov to collect more private info. info then becomes "public record" allowing the public to access info. private industry accesses public info, particularly aggregating on a massive scale by 5 major data mining firms such as ChoicePoint. Public gets upset about "X" info being publicly available and gov passes legislation limiting gov collection/access to "X" info, gov contracts with private industry to access "X" info now in private hands that it has just placated public about because of new legislation which only limits "gov" employees/agencies re: "X" info. Oh and Umm, Repeat...
BTW if you think the Real ID Act is about fighting terrorism and more laughable controlling our porous borders, then you probably also think gov is a "watchdog" over multi-national corps and there is a difference between Rep and Dem parties at the level that really matters.
- PaulSu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3How the helll could this happen? A lawsuit would only be proper......for those who get their credit card sold.
- Bitgod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yeah, that was sort of my thought to. You read the story and you're like "and......?" I was looking for like a 2nd page or something. Maybe all news stories should be like this. Save time, just tell us some person got killed, and then move on to the next story. Tell us there's some missing 12 year old somewhere and move to the next story. shrug.
- MaiSacNjoMouf, on 10/12/2007, -8/+8Somebody missed snack time...
- Toiling, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1shutdown day is funny.
- zachws, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3good job, kuzotz.
- laplacian, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6Why is wonderchemist getting dugg down?? If the original reporter had any sense at all, they would have replaced "lunch" with "In-n-Out's #1 Combo"
- kuzotz, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5in Oklahoma lunch only cost $3 ........ This is at your average BBQ place that do lunches...
- abdul88, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Wow , maybe now I can get those benefits I always wanted...
- OldRick, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1The reason is your favorite piece of federal legislation, the Freedom of Information Act.
These are public records, and are thus made available to anyone who asks.
Privacy in America today? Not a chance... - nunia, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2And what a great way to ensure the passing of Real ID legistlation: "Look! Even the states cannot be trusted with your personal information! But Uncle Sam is going to make it all better for you..."
- andywebb95, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3What the heck were they thinking!
- ldfldf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1This is part of a rapidly growing trend of government failing to protect our identity data. I just wrote a blog post about this at:
http://lestdarknessfall.blogspot.com/2007/03/government-selling-your-identity-online.html
In my post, I include quotes and links for half a dozen other news sites that covered this issue, including a related story in which hackers recently grabbed social security numbers and identity info for 71,000 Indiana state health care workers, and another in which a state DMV issued over 27,000 drivers licenses to people with false social security numbers.
If you follow the issue of identity theft in the news, these stories come up every week, and as often as not it's the government that is allowing our private information to be compromised. This just goes to show why we can't allow a national ID card and a comprehensive natiional identity database that will be compromised the moment after it gets created. - Phusion, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Then he showed you how to go to the hardware store and buy a hammer for $8, the cost of two suckers and a chocolate milk, then he showed you how to buy four ponies for $6,000, the cost of two hookers and a bag of blow. Why the &%^&*(&* do you have to tell us that $6 is the cost of lunch? Yeah, maybe if you eat at Burger King and get a value meal.. jesus.
- womblep, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Amen.
- namelyk, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Umm... What the *****!?
- striker1211, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1But, What was the website for?????????????
the more question marks the faster the answer...
?????????????????????????????? - jwharris, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2This is a good reminder that you should check your credit report every year and make sure no one else is opening accounts in your name. Here's some information from CALPIRG, a consumer advocacy group, about getting a free annual credit report: http://calpirg.org/CA.asp?id2=21485
- Restrikted, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3How could the State be selling this info? The question is, has anyone snagged Kevin Rose or Alex Albrecht's information? I smell a few thousand lawsuits.
- mtlguyca, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0What da heck?!
- bjsiders, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0States have been doing this for a LONG, long time.
- gmason08, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Real ID Act
- kaiser44, on 10/12/2007, -9/+6THERE IS A NEW CURRENCY IN THE WORLD AND IT IS CALLED INFORMATION, THOSE WHO HAVE ACESS TO EXPLOIT IT FOR MONETARY OR ANY OTHER REASON WILL DO SO.
YOU ARE NOT YOU, YOU ARE A COMMODITY. WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD.
P.S, YOU ASKED FOR IT. - licoricewhip, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4In Soviet Russia, lunch buys you for $6.
- widman, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4With Arnie elected even though he is the best friend of the Enron club... Just after the power cuts scam! Only in California.
- diggdong, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1If you spend more than $6 for your main lunch then your are either on a business meal or pigging out. Rub your belly.
- po43292, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3What are you guys doing online? It's SHUTDOWN day!!! yayyy!!111
- Pile, on 10/12/2007, -13/+3"Today, a Sacramento lawmaker showed how you could go to the Secretary of State's the web page where, until today, the state was selling your personal information for only $6 -- the cost of lunch."
The real mystery is where the writer is getting lunch for $6. - wonderchemist, on 10/12/2007, -29/+18In-n-Out's #1 Combo (Double-Double, Fries and a Drink) is still less then $6 after Tax (at least in Santa Clara, CA)
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