On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 09:03:32AM -0700, Ric Messier wrote: > > > On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Scharf Yuval wrote: > > > > > That is NOT stealing. > > Stealing is when after the act the victim does not longer have the item. > > There is no reason to accept the corporate world terminology. > > > > > Steal, v. : To take (the property of another) without right or > permission. > > This is not corporate world terminology. If you take something that > doesn't belong to you, it's stealing. Are you saying that identity theft > (the act of stealing someone's identity and making use of it) is not theft > or stealing? If you steal my identity (and use it illicitly), I still have > it but it doesn't change the fact that you stole it. > > Ric > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >
No Ric, "Identity theft" is not stealing. It is a term made up by the american media. Still, it is a horribe crime. -- Yuval Scharf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
