· We all have a right to our own persona without impersonation or duplication, especially for financial gains or to conceal ones true identity for the purpose of committing a crime.
· No one has the right to take what is not there’s. This includes an identity itself or the use of that stolen identity to steal money, credit, or anything else that can be acquired by these means.
· We all have a right to privacy and identity theft is serious violation of this right. The thief now has the ability to gain access to a number of the victim’s personal information including financial and banking records. Also, some of the ways thieves gain access to this information violates one’s privacy, whether it is malicious spyware or viruses that take the information from your computer or physically stealing or credit card, driver’s license or social security card.
· If your identity is stolen it presents the possibility that you could be accused and convicted of a crime that you did not commit because someone else used your personal information to conceal their true identity. This is a violation of your right to justice.
· Many of the malicious spyware and viruses can damage your computer and this violates your right of personal property protection.
All of these are examples of disrespect and therefore unethical according to Kant.
