Taxpayer Information At Risk

American Voices

April 16, 2007 | ISSUE 43•16

A recent government report concluded that the IRS has not adequately protected the data on 52,000 IRS laptops. What do you think?

What about the desktops? Shouldn't we be worrying about those too? Never underestimate the brute strength of an identity thief.

Felicia Keir
Systems Analyst
To be fair, the IRS has a lot of other stuff to worry about, like adequately protecting the data on their thousands of laptops.

Gregory Teedle
Marine
This shall be the new reason why I don't pay taxes. To hell with 'no income' and 'laziness.'

Arnold Velmeir
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