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Identity Angel |
Keywords:
Social Security numbers, homeland security,
identity theft,
law-enforcement, personal documents, credentials,
financial fraud, entity resolution, identity matching, personal identification
Citation:
Abstract
In search of a job after graduating from college, Meg Kemp posts her resume
online. Norton Steubenm a retired law professor, hasn't looked for employment
in more than 35 years and rarely uses the Internet, yet his law school
maintains his curriculum vita online. Although such activity might seem
innocuous, information in both these online resumes initially put Meg
and Norton in danger of becoming identity-theft victims. Fortuantely,
they received some unexpected protection in the form of a computer program
called Identity Angel, which this article describes in more detail.
Sweeney, L.
Protecting Job Seekers from Identity Theft.
IEEE Internet Computing 10 (2) March 2006.
(PDF).
Earlier version available as
A Guardian Angel Protects You From Identity Theft.
Carnegie Mellon University, LIDAP Working Paper 16. Pittsburgh: January 2006.
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