Asking because of the recent latitude hack, if the license is expired and now we have the new license card number, what is the big deal about old expired licenses getting used? What can they do with it if we need a license card number now?
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Identity Theft
Here’s the basics:
If someone has your name, address and birthday. They can use that to get a Birth Certificate (since most people live in the same city they were born in). This is why you don’t use your real birth year online.
If they have a Birth certificate, they can get a couple of utility bills in your name then use all that to get a Licence.
If you have Licence, they can open bank accounts in your name. Then they can get credit cards in your name and build up credit debt which you will be responsible for. You could end up owning a fortune just because you let them access some of your most private information.
Don’t put real information online, especially not your real birthday!
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