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   Duh!, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 3:49am

   
   

   Hahahaha. What an idiot.

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   Anonymous Coward, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 4:20am

   
   

   o.O smart enough to be an identity thief, not smart enough to be careful about it. >___>;;;;

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   haha

   

   billy, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 5:01am

   
   

   serves em right, the jerks

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   You never know, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 5:02am

   
   

   Oh this is a clasic! If you're going to lie throu your teeth to a cop, make sure they are not still setting in the bathroom sink!!!!!

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   Lying

   

   Casper, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 7:05am

   
   

   You have to be smart to lie. Of course if you get away with it, you don't end up in the news....

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   Future Sting Operations

   

   bt garner, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 7:54am

   
   

   Wonder how long it will be before the police (FBI, etc) start to leak known bad information.. .might be easier to catch those guys if the IDs that are using are also "wanted."

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   Identity or avatar?

   

   Newob, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 9:22am

   
   

   People have a strange way of thinking about identity. IMHO, my identification cards, social security number, and all the other names and numbers that identify me are not *me*, they are avatars of myself. Just as I am not that character or spaceship in a video game that I play, I am not my identification. Characters and roles you play in real life are just avatars, like the characters and roles you play in games. Knowing that, no one can steal my identity.

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   Re: Identity or avatar?

   

   Anonymous Coward, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 10:25am

   
   

   LMAO. Problem solved. Next!

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   Anonymous Coward, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 10:34am

   
   

   You are not legally required to identify yourself to the police. Just say no.

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    Captain Obvious, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 10:36am

    
    

    Thank god I read this article about someone lying to a police officer on TechDirt. Nothing screams technology like a story about giving false identity to a cop.
    
    Mike, this is either another slow news day, or you've reached a new low.

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    >_>

    

    theOngman, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 10:39am

    
    

    that is fail

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    Anonymous Coward, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 10:43am

    
    

    You ARE legally required to identify yourself to an officer of the law. failure to do so may result in up to 72 hours in jail, at which time they must charge you with something, or let you go.

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    traveler, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 10:44am

    
    

    Yeap, The coward is absolutely right.... You have the right to remain silent, and hire an attorney, then pay him $225/hr. to tell them who you are! This after you've given the officer enough probable cause to suspect that you're hiding something, and get a search warrant to search your car, and get you finger printed into the system, etc. Brilliant advice!

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    anonymous coward, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 11:17am

    
    

    banruptcy and dui, i'm just hoping someone tries to steal my identity. good luck with that!

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    Re: Captain Obvious

    

    Charles Griswold, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 4:58pm

    
    

    Thank god I read this article about someone lying to a police officer on TechDirt. Nothing screams technology like a story about giving false identity to a cop.
    
    Mike, this is either another slow news day, or you've reached a new low.

    
    Not to be obvious or anything, but identity theft largely is a tech issue. In a non-networked world, identity theft wouldn't be nearly the problem that it is.
    
    BTW, nothing screams "I have nothing valuable to do with my time" like deliberately misconstruing the theme of an article (identity theft gone wrong vs. lying to cops) and then making a really lame attempt at sarcasm.
    
    
    Anyway, kudos to Mike for this article. It's nice to see the lighter side of tech issues once in a while. :-)

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    |333173|3|_||3, Mar 21st, 2007 @ 5:02am

    
    

    releasing information for identity theives to use of suspects would not help catch the original suspect, unless they reported to the police to complian, even if it would help catch the identity thieves. Also, releasing personal details of suspect which could be used to identify him might be a viollation of the presumption of innocence. After all, reporters are not supposed to reveal the street address of a suspect whose trial they are reporting on.

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    Re: Identity or avatar?

    

    money, Oct 22nd, 2010 @ 1:49pm

    
    

    umm...that was lame bro...l a m e..lame.

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