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> Basically, your spending behavior and the location of your house gives you away when you are that rich It doesn't have to though. That's a choice. Heck I kno
by dheera 5y ago
> Basically, your spending behavior and the location of your house gives you away when you are that rich
It doesn't have to though. That's a choice. Heck I know people with likely >10M net worth that are still living with roommates.
> nobody carries cash anymore
But if they know you have $10M, they could kidnap your spouse on the way to work, and children on their way to school, for a $1M ransom in bitcoin?
Something that's more easily avoided if they don't have a price tag associated with your face in a publicly-viewable database.
- jillesvangurp 5y agoThere are of course exceptions but mostly finding wealthy targets to rob or kidnap is not an issue for criminals. I'd argue that the opposite is a bigger issue for criminals in the US: plenty of people pretending to be rich that are deep in debt. Finland and Norway have plenty of rich people walking around without protection and completely unarmed. Kidnappings are not a regular thing in those countries nor are they getting robbed regularly. They might install burglar alarms on their properties though.