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The computer contains the names, Social Security numbers, birthdates and addresses of 42,792 Florida residents who hold a pilot's license; 80,667 people in the Miami-Dade County area who hold commercial driver's licenses; 9,496 people who took personal driver's license tests or obtained their license from an examining facility near Tampa, the letter said. (snip) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/09/AR2006080901177.html
OH DEAR.
All these laptop thefts are starting to sound like dead drops.
With the explosion of computer personal data thefts, wouldn't it be prudent if our government established a LIFE SENTENCE for those found to have been involved in such theft (doing the stealing or the buying of information) - with no clemency or chance of parole? It would be fitting punishment for criminals or sleezy people who cause so much anxiety to so many people's lives.