MPR on Identity Theft

I'll be on Minnesota Public Radio this morning with LA Times consumer reporter David Lazarus, talking about identity theft. Here's the preview and I'll post the stream later. I'm going to be talking about my recent articles on identity theft: Identity Theft: Making the Known Unknowns Known and Towards a Market for Bank Safety.

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I heard you! You did great. I was listening to MPR and I hear them say "Chris Hoofnagle", and I though, "Hey, I know who that is!"