An actor is suing eBay for what some JimBellJudges did to some cypherpunks: publish their SSID. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000320/en/people-orbach_1.html Monday March 20 7:46 PM ET Actor sues eBay over Social Security number NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Jerry Orbach is a court regular as Detective Lennie Briscoe in NBC's television drama ``Law & Order,'' but Monday the action was real when he sued online auctioneer eBay Inc. for displaying his Social Security number on the Internet. The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, alleges that eBay began posting the confidential information on its Web site last Wednesday when it advertised the sale of two of Orbach's contracts from 1958. The suit alleges that eBay said it was selling the contracts on behalf of The History Store, a dealer of used books, documents and autographic materials. The History Store is also named as a defendant. The the 64-year-old actor alleges that the defendants did not get his permission to use his name and Social Security number. By disseminating the information over the Internet, Orbach has allegedly been exposed to ``identity theft,'' credit card fraud and his credit-worthiness could be affected, the suit said. The suit says the amount of damage Orbach has suffered has not yet been determined.
