Man Jailed After Using LimeWire For ID Theft

angry tapir sends along this excerpt from PC World: "A Seattle man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for using the LimeWire file-sharing service to lift personal information from computers across the US. The man, Frederick Wood, typed words like 'tax return' and 'account' into the LimeWire search box. That allowed him to find and access computers on the LimeWire network with shared folders that contained tax returns and bank account information. ... He used the information to open accounts, create identification cards and make purchases. 'Many of the victims are parents who don't realize that LimeWire is on their home computer,' [said Kathryn Warma of the US Attorney's Office]."

Another entrepreneur...

[Wireless Joe]

...shut down by The Man.

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[Capt.DrumkenBum]

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Re:Outrageous!

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's get our terminology straight. It's not identity theft, since nobody is being denied use of their own identity.

How about calling it identity infringement, which may be legal in some countries...

Re:how dumb

[KraftDinner]

Thank you for putting it in a way I could understand. I had no idea what this discussion was all about until you came along with a car analogy.

Re:how dumb

[Dalzhim]

I am ignorant and I do not know the difference between ignorance and stupidity. Although I know that your assailling of my intelligence because I do not posess this bit of knowledge makes you stupid!

Re:how dumb

[mcgrew]

Isn't slashdot great? You never know what you'll learn.