Sorry I didn’t get this up on time, Folks. Crazy day, what with Tax Day around the corner for corporations.

Trusted ID, a company that sells services to consumers to help stem the tide of identity theft, has started a database of compromised Social Security numbers. Here’s the place where you can test out whether your social security number has been compromised: www.stolenIDsearch.com

Read the story in the New York Times and learn how some good citizens are hunting for public documents online (think Marriage, Death, and Birth Certificates) that contain Social Security numbers. www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/business/24money.html?em&ex=1172638800&en=64ef424884d93aa7&ei=5087%0A

Feb. 26, 2007