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I'm a little baffled as to why this is getting downvoted. It seems so true and uncontroversial.

• naasking 7y ago
  It seems true because people don't consider disasters, like the mortgage crisis, or this pandemic. Consider the magnitude of inconvenience from having your identity stolen. I think it dwarfs any minor inconvniences needed to secure your identity. That said, no doubt user-computer interaction should study security a little more I think.
  • kube-system 7y ago
    > Consider the magnitude of inconvenience from having your identity stolen. I think it dwarfs any minor inconvniences needed to secure your identity. It's not as simple as a boolean situation, though. There's not any single set of security steps that a person can take to definitively 'secure their identity'. It's a gigantic continuum, where inconvenience asymptotically increases as you approach complete security. Everyone chooses some amount of risk which is less than complete security. The only real argument is over which point along the continuum is appropriate. There is no one correct answer, either.
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