> How do they handle identity thefts

By just accepting it as a normal fact of life that you will have some random stuff ordered in your name sooner or later with an invoice you'll have to dispute. Happened to a relative of mine, police do not care unless they order things above a certain value, without a police report you cannot get free ID protection, and then you'll have to sit for a long time in phone queues trying to cancel a subscription for a streaming service or whatever they ordered while get thrown around by support reps who go "you SURE you or someone in your family didn't order this?"

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PowerElectronix an hour ago | parent | next [-]

That sounds rather unacceptable.

	▲	ROllerozxa an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yes, I don't think anyone truly wants it to be like this. But it's just what happens. You of course cannot access and empty out someone's bank account this way, you're safe in that regard. But you need to dispute the invoices as soon as possible to show that it is fradulent, so you don't end up needing to actually pay for it. Or get debt collectors after you.
	▲	maest 35 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It basically never happens. I don't know where the GP got their story from.

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heraldgeezer an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I am Swedish and never had this happen to me. Never had random things show up or ordered for me at all. What would the point be, you have to pay or get an invoice? For Klarna they use BankID so only I can order an invoice for myself in reputable shops.

I am in my 30s btw so I was alive before BankID and it was a worse time. Remember my parents paid bills with paper.