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'Chinese crims' snatch 4.5 MILLION patient files from US hospitals

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Re: Many years ago...

As one of those Americans I would have to say that 45 years ago the ID theft problem was much different than it is today. There was no Interwebz to look things up on...

An SSN wasn't normally connected to a bank account, drivers license or medical records. In those days the law specified a very narrow range of uses...

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