Originally Posted by
Happy
What needs to be guarded is your SSN, not your DL, which is indeed public record and is EVERYWHERE because it is a pseudo ID in ol' USA - but can the DL be faked and then used for some ID-theft related activities? Many years ago, yes. Now? The possibility is very low. Just because it is a pseudo ID, the DL cannot be used for many LEGAL matters and that is where SSN is for.
You may not be aware about this, but CVS, as many retailers, actually have a little device that has a lamp that can identify the DL produced is a real one or a fake one. Sometimes the device is put way on the side at the photo dept sometimes it is right below the counter - and this has been for YEARS, not just now. Precisely this is being treated as a pseudo ID.
Secondly, long gone were the days when just a DL could get you a liar loan. if that is one of the irrational reasons behind your paronia. These days everything serious involved SSN.
If you are so paranoid, you should make sure your SSN is at all time NOT in any 3rd party's hand, that includes your employer, your trade union / organization (yes, there were a fraudulent tax return case down here involved over 200 law-enforcement officers and firefighters SSNs being used.), and any medical places in particular your doctors' offices - this is a friendly advice from someone had SSN stolen in one of those places and fraudulent tax return being filed 3 years ago. Even that, nothing else has ever happened, no CC being obtained under the stolen SSN, nor faked loan. I did not even bother to sign up monitoring service despite it was offered for free based on my knowledge on this matter.
As for DL? it is no secret to be guarded, nor any such info could be used by crooks to cause any trouble.
Finally, Data Breach in big organizations is where the biggest problems occurred. Yet, having a few CCs being used fraudulent does NOT equal ID theft. Of course the media always mislead the uneducated public on credit card breach being ID Theft. It is NOT. As an example, a stolen DL info could not be used to file a fraudulent tax return - that distinction should make it clear to you that DL info is nothing to be worried about - it is purely a document to legally prove your claim as to who you are. But if you choose to live in your unfounded fear, so be it.
Wow man, I almost feel like I have to thank you for taking the time to write such a long post in your strenuous attempt to prove I'm paranoid.
Lamp devices, liar loans, fraudulent tax returns, where did you get all this? Of course if you had paid any attention to what I wrote to you earlier instead of just being all full of yourself, you'd know that I'm not really concerned about ID theft, 'cause I explicitly told you so.
Pertaining to you earlier post
Originally Posted by
Happy
Use some common sense.
Requesting DL info has been in place at CVS for several years.
There are so many people have been doing the same thing for so many years, do you really think others are stupid not to worry about their IDs being stolen?
Not sure why when it comes to ms, suddenly many seem to totally lose the ability to think.
Well CVS may have a computerized system but it seems that in WM they're still doing it the old way. Just by reading the first post here
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/manuf...ey-orders.html
and throughout the thread, you see that individuals' records (perhaps even including SSNs) are kept in a binder behind the counter. Of course you already knew that. Sure no one can access that, right?
Don't get me wrong though. I do enjoy a good pile of BS as much as the next guy, so keep it coming.
As for my DL being everywhere, try to find it.