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	<title>Tynan on Tech &#187; Identity Theft</title>
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		<title>Beyond the Norm: Coleman&#8217;s data leak disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.dantynan.com/2009/03/12/beyond-the-norm-colemans-data-leak-disaster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan tynan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
It&#8217;s been a bad week for fans of Norm Coleman, the former Minnesota senator who lost a whisker-thin election to ex-Saturday Night Live comic/Air America radio host/Mad Magazine contributor Al Franken. (Technically, Coleman is still fighting a recount battle, and may still be fighting it six years from now when the seat comes back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Identity Theft Can Be Hazardous to Your Health</title>
		<link>http://www.dantynan.com/2008/09/19/medical-identity-theft-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan tynan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When your medical identity is stolen, you may experience pain both fiscal and physical. Here&#8217;s how to avoid becoming a victim and recover quickly if you do.
A version of this story appears in the October issue of Women&#8217;s Health, which you can find online here, along with a strangely tongue-in-cheek photo (pun intended). What follows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Prescription for Personal Health</title>
		<link>http://www.dantynan.com/2008/09/02/a-new-prescription-for-personal-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan tynan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Services like Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault are the best thing to hit medicine since the oral thermometer
I hate clipboards. Not all clipboards, mind you, just the ones I&#8217;m invariably handed every time I go to a new doctor&#8217;s office. If I have to fill out one more paper form listing my name, address, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identity theft: fact, fiction, and the funny papers</title>
		<link>http://www.dantynan.com/2008/08/25/identity-theft-fact-fiction-and-the-funny-papers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dantynan.com/2008/08/25/identity-theft-fact-fiction-and-the-funny-papers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan tynan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phishing scams are no laughing matter. But when a tax-payer funded group tackles the topic in comic book about identity theft, unintentional humor prevails. Cringely has the dirt.]]></description>
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		<title>Geek Week: Apple fans want 3G now, iPhones get &#8216;wow&#8217;ed</title>
		<link>http://www.dantynan.com/2008/05/23/geek-week-apple-fans-want-3g-now-iphones-get-wowed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 13:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan tynan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This entry originally appeared on Infoworld&#8217;s Notes From the Field blog.)
Slouching toward Cupertino. It&#8217;s not every day the Second Coming gives you advance notice, but the resurrection of the Jesus Phone &#8212; in 3G, for the first time ever! &#8212; is now (unofficially) slated for June 9. Or so says gadget blog Gizmodo, quoting &#8220;someone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Identity-Theft Protection: A 12-Step Program</title>
		<link>http://www.dantynan.com/2008/05/13/diy-identity-theft-protection-a-12-step-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 02:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan tynan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identity Theft]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This post originally appeared on PCworld.com.)


You don&#8217;t have to spend $100 to $200 a year to defend yourself from identity theft at the level of protection that a paid service offers. You can do almost everything the services do, for free. But following these steps will require time and effort.


Get a free copy of your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ID Theft Protection: Who Can You Trust?</title>
		<link>http://www.dantynan.com/2008/05/02/id-theft-protection-who-can-you-trust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 15:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan tynan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New online services offer to protect you from identity theft, and some claim to help you undo damage after it happens. But when we tested the services, we found that many fall short.
(This story originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of PC World magazine.)
by Dan Tynan
You can&#8217;t open a newspaper or a browser without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Ways to Watch Your Back On the Net</title>
		<link>http://www.dantynan.com/2008/02/26/five-ways-to-watch-your-back-on-the-net/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dantynan.com/2008/02/26/five-ways-to-watch-your-back-on-the-net/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan tynan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(A version of this story originally appeared on PCworld.com.) 
by Dan Tynan
It&#8217;s not what other people think of you that matters. It&#8217;s what they can find out about you on the Web that will affect your ability to get a job or promotion, rent an apartment, buy a house, get into the school of your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Identity Has Been Stolen &#8212; Now What?</title>
		<link>http://www.dantynan.com/2008/02/03/your-identity-has-been-stolen-now-what/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dantynan.com/2008/02/03/your-identity-has-been-stolen-now-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan tynan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ (Originally published in the February 2008 issue of Family Circle magazine.)
by Dan Tynan
&#160;

Contact your police precinct as soon as possible to file a report; you will need this as proof for creditors that your claim is legitimate.
Get your credit reports and scour them for anything suspicious. By law, everyone is entitled to request a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways to Thwart Identity Thieves</title>
		<link>http://www.dantynan.com/2008/02/03/10-ways-to-thwart-identity-thieves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan tynan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Originally published in the February 2008 issue of Family Circle magazine.)
How to Thwart ID Thieves
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Never keep your Social Security Number in your wallet.
Refuse to share your SSN, date of birth, or mother&#8217;s maiden name with any entity other than your employer, bank, insurance company, or the IRS. When other parties ask for this information, insist [...]]]></description>
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