How did people in the past prevent identity theft? I mean before the photos and new secure technology on identity documents were available?

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How did people in the past prevent identity theft? I mean before the photos and new secure technology on identity documents were available?

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Depends on how far back. Credit card companies used to just send you a card, and activating it was all it took to accept the offer. Shit was wild back then. Identity theft was more commonplace, yet in many ways, easier to unravel because companies didn’t have so many security layers that process it wasn’t you, so they had to take your word for it

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