Matt wrote:
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> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 09:50:09PM -0600, Carrol Cox wrote:
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> > And I can understand its legal sense -- the sense in which one's
> > identity can be stolen.
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> Really? Because "identity theft" is just a way for banks and
> other corporations to pass along to consumers the costs of fraud
> against the banks and corporations.
>
Really. For example, a few years ago some company Jan had purchased from on line printed our credit card number on the packing slip. Fortunately our bank checked with us before approving a charge to see our credit rating: it had beenmade within two hours of the time the purchase was packed. My daughter has had similar close calls. It happens.
In any case we are not talking about the details of business; we are talking about the comprehension of a concept. I can understand the concept of "unicorn," and it does not matter for that purpose whether unicorns exist or not.
Carrol