Re: Potential Life Saving Procedures


"Salty" <babette7401@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Lemme see here. In case of emergency....
>
> 1. If I'm at home, they should know who I am.
>
> 2. If I'm in my car, they should know who I am. I have ID in my car at
> all times so even if, for some bizarre reason, I don't have my picture
> driver's license, they still can get my insurance card and owner's card
> out of the glove box.
>
> 3. If I'm in someone else's car, I'd have my pocketbook and wallet ID
> with me or at the very least, a credit card.
>
> 4. If I'm walking around and not in a car at all, I'd still have a
> pocketbook/wallet ID or credit card.
>
> 5. If I'm in the water and diving, I don't take ID or my cell phone.
>
> 6. If I'm involved in some emergency that is so bad that they can't
> identify me, then chances are that my cell phone is either not on my
> person(body) or else it is totally fried just like I am and so no one
> is gonna pull any info off of it. Last I heard, cell phones don't have
> their own 'black box.'
>
> Maybe I'm just being skeptical, but this "Life Saving Procedures"
> thing sounds like the purrrrfect opportunity for someone who has stolen
> or found your cell phone to obtain more personal information about you
> so that they can use it to rip off your identity. Maybe I have a
> criminal mind but taking your cell phone is one way that I'd look for
> clues as to where you live and to see if I might want to rob your
> house, or attempt to do other things. The more personal info you add
> to your cell phone, the better you help thieves find out exactly who
> you are.

My thoughts exactly.


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