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Old 08-29-2008 | 04:56 PM
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But you can't sign on wiith his user name without his password.

Bill, AMA 4720
What's that got to do with the price of tea in China? Identity theft is the misappropriation of personal information, used to represent oneself as someone else. Do you know that Avistar2 is not Willard Smith? Willard Smith, in this hypothetical, certainly is an AMA member, but he may not be Avistar2. He might have done as you've done, and given his name and AMA number to anyone and everyone. He may just be a club member who's name and number Avistar2 has found.

If someone wants to beat Horrace's little game, they certainly can. The hurdles he has thrown up are simply ineffective and unable to meet his stated purpose. So he's misappropriating and AMA database for personal use, and he's not even accomplishing anything useful in doing that.