Comments on: Is Credit Monitoring the Best Way to Protect Your Identity? http://www.freeidentityprotect.com/blog/is-credit-monitoring-the-best-way-to-protect-your-identity/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:01:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Craig Muller http://www.freeidentityprotect.com/blog/is-credit-monitoring-the-best-way-to-protect-your-identity/#comment-15 Craig Muller Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:09:51 +0000 http://www.freeidentityprotect.com/blog/is-credit-monitoring-the-best-way-to-protect-your-identity/#comment-15 Welcome Robert, Aaron and David to my blog. Thanks for your comments. David, biometrics is prohibitively expensive for the type of application you are referring to. Further, If the audit processes at companies is not improved and they just blindly use biometrics as a cure all, no meaningful improvement to this problem is achieved. At some point, the cost of biometrics will decrease and we will see it more widely used. Did you know many airports today such as JFK, Amsterdam, Orlando Intl, Britian's Manchester, Frankfort airport all use iris scanning to look for people. You can be walking to catch your flight, and have your iris scanned and never know it happened to you. The second issue is that much of the identity theft occurring in the United States occurs from outside our borders. Adding biometrics for all American residents won't help you there, nor will it help you with those that are in the US and undocumented. Welcome Robert, Aaron and David to my blog. Thanks for your comments.

David, biometrics is prohibitively expensive for the type of application you are referring to. Further, If the audit processes at companies is not improved and they just blindly use biometrics as a cure all, no meaningful improvement to this problem is achieved. At some point, the cost of biometrics will decrease and we will see it more widely used.

Did you know many airports today such as JFK, Amsterdam, Orlando Intl, Britian’s Manchester, Frankfort airport all use iris scanning to look for people. You can be walking to catch your flight, and have your iris scanned and never know it happened to you.

The second issue is that much of the identity theft occurring in the United States occurs from outside our borders. Adding biometrics for all American residents won’t help you there, nor will it help you with those that are in the US and undocumented.

]]> By: David http://www.freeidentityprotect.com/blog/is-credit-monitoring-the-best-way-to-protect-your-identity/#comment-11 David Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:50:12 +0000 http://www.freeidentityprotect.com/blog/is-credit-monitoring-the-best-way-to-protect-your-identity/#comment-11 If everyone registers their fingerprints with government (i.e. passport agency) and every financial institution and potential employment require finger prints comparison (biometrics), and then identity theft would be a thing of the past. Those who object being fingerprinted claiming “an invasion of privacy”, must have something to hide or to discourage others because of potentially harming their own fraudulent activities. If everyone registers their fingerprints with government (i.e. passport agency) and every financial institution and potential employment require finger prints comparison (biometrics), and then identity theft would be a thing of the past. Those who object being fingerprinted claiming “an invasion of privacy”, must have something to hide or to discourage others because of potentially harming their own fraudulent activities.

]]> By: Aaron Wakling http://www.freeidentityprotect.com/blog/is-credit-monitoring-the-best-way-to-protect-your-identity/#comment-9 Aaron Wakling Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:30:42 +0000 http://www.freeidentityprotect.com/blog/is-credit-monitoring-the-best-way-to-protect-your-identity/#comment-9 Good Blog. I will continue reading it in the future. Nice layout too. Aaron Wakling Good Blog. I will continue reading it in the future. Nice layout too.

Aaron Wakling

]]> By: Robert Michel http://www.freeidentityprotect.com/blog/is-credit-monitoring-the-best-way-to-protect-your-identity/#comment-8 Robert Michel Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:00:53 +0000 http://www.freeidentityprotect.com/blog/is-credit-monitoring-the-best-way-to-protect-your-identity/#comment-8 I just stopped by your blog and thought I would say hello. I like your site design. Looking forward to reading more down the road. Robert Michel I just stopped by your blog and thought I would say hello. I like your site design. Looking forward to reading more down the road.

Robert Michel

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