# A new way to stop identity theft

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSussexUniversity
- Speaker: David Birch
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_birch_a_new_way_to_stop_identity_theft)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Bartenders need to know your age, retailers need your PIN, but almost no one actually needs your name -- except for identity thieves. ID expert David Birch proposes a safer approach to personal identification -- a "fractured" approach -- that would almost never require your real name.

## Lectures

1. [A new way to stop identity theft](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_birch_a_new_way_to_stop_identity_theft/1d916567d641), 17 min (TED's player)