12:31 AM

What with the recent identity theft scams going about, I thought it prudent to go through my and Merrystar’s credit reports again. (Talk about an evening of fun! American Idol and Experian!)

Helpful sites:

• US Department of Justice’s page on Identity Theft
• Privacy Clearinghouse: ChoicePoint response (well done)
• CALPRIG’s Consumer Protection page.

In the meantime, I can’t wait for the Annual Credit Report legislation to get to the Northeast, even if their website uses absurd security theater. (e.g. forcing visitors to type in the link to access the site, just because a certain cough browser cough IE cough has an unfixed address spoofing bug, instead of recommending an actual fix, like using Mozilla? Pure theater. But I digress.)

Residents of the western and mid-western states can already order free reports from the Big Three credit bureaus; DC will be ready in September. Joy.