signing my life away

[deird_lj]

It occurs to me that, if you decided to become an identity thief, becoming a mobile phone salesman would be a really good start.

Got a new phone (an IPHONE) yesterday, and I had to give them:
- my driver's license
- my credit card
- my Medicare card
- my address
- how long I've lived there
- where I work
- my boss's name and contact number
- how long I've worked there
- my signature (three times)
- my bank account details

O.O

I'm going to wake up next week to discover that my bank account is empty and the guy who sold me my phone has moved to Hawaii, aren't I?



(And to prove, once again, that computers do indeed hate me, my phone decided not to connect to the network for three hours after it should have, and I had to talk to FOUR different customer help line guys before they could figure out what was wrong.)

Comments

[deird1]

Nah, it's a contract. I get the phone for "free" as long as I have a rather-expensive account with them for two years.

[silverusagi]

Huh. I mean, I have a contract on my phone (though not an iphone) and I didn't have to give them my life history, lol.