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It's foolish to live your life in fear, checking every meal you eat for poison. There are many things that require a leap of faith. Where's your tinfoil hat? T
by eb 19y ago
It's foolish to live your life in fear, checking every meal you eat for poison. There are many things that require a leap of faith. Where's your tinfoil hat?
These incidents mentioned in the article have been very rare. They did a pretty good job of scaring you. When a multinational conspiracy to steal your identity does occur, you'll be covered by your bank's insurance.
- ericb 19y agoYou mistake an easy risk management technique for paranoia. I leave it to you test the "bank insurance protects you from identity theft" plan. I invite you to try that out--these experiments usually go well: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7174760.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7174760.stm
- eb 19y agoReformatting is not an "easy risk management technique." It's completely inaccessible to most people. I don't understand the point you're trying to make with that article. Clarkson published his account details and challenged people to exploit it. If you gave the keys to your home to a burglar, what would you expect? The article does not say he was unable to recover his funds. There must be dozens of ways for someone to steal your financial information. If you truly want to be safe, you should start by burning your trash, always pay in cash, and never hire an accountant to do your taxes. You never know where there's a leak. It's not practical to exercise this level of caution. Just live your life. Credit cards offer 0% liability against fraud and banks have the FDIC and private insurance for these types of situations.
- ericb 19y agoI think reformatting with the install disks when you first get a new machine is easy. You disagree. Why don't we agree to disagree and leave this thread behind.