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How Much Is Your Online Identity Worth?
itwbennett writes "Answer a few questions about your personal Internet use, and a new tool from Symantec will calculate your net worth on the black market. You'll get three results: how much your online assets are worth, how much your online identity would sell for on the black market, and your risk of becoming a victim of identity theft. The tool is intended to raise consumer awareness about cybercrime, said Marian Merritt, Internet security advocate for Symantec. It's unlikely the average consumer would read an Internet Security Threat Report, she added, but a simply illustrated example might get the same point across. 'It's shocking how little value criminals place on your credit card,' she said."
I used this tool, but it didn't turn out so well. The first question was, "To calculate your worth, please provide your SSN and online banking username and password." Unfortunately, when I clicked "Next", it's lagging and I can't get through to the next part...
Thanks to a messy divorce 4 years ago, my credit rating probably still sucks to the point that even an ID thief would be ashamed to use it.
Go ahead, try and get a credit card with it - you'll hear laughter that would compete with an insane asylum on Bath Day...
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
Symantec will calculate your net worth on the black market
I went there and it told me I owed it money...
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
I was totally overpaying for all that black market info. I went to my dealer and showed him the link, now I save 30%! Thanks Geik^H^H^H^H Symantec!
Timothy is obligated to run these Slashverts, otherwise IT World stops sending him the free laptops, smart phones, and what not.
'It's shocking how little value criminals place on your credit card,' she said."
No, if it were worth more, there'd be more value in stealing it. You want its value to a criminal to be zero, the chance of being caught to be infinite, or both.
Actually a chance of 100% is absolutely sufficient.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
What I really liked about their plug was this (FTA):
Cybercrime is now larger than the international drug trade...
I don't have numbers, but my B.S. meter is going off the charts. I humbly request a definition of "bigger".
What they mean is that they weighed people affected by identity theft and those affected by drug crimes. Have you seen the state of crack or meth addicts lately? Those guys don't weigh nuthin', compared to the pizza eating geeks getting ripped off on the net.
Aah, change is good. -- Rafiki
Yeah, but it ain't easy. -- Simba
Oh and I'm worth $31 online if anyone wants to buy me ;o)
You'd better be a damned good looking female, I never paid more than $30 and she had to be pretty hot for that kind of money ;)
Free Martian Whores!
You meant 'economics', not 'astrology', right?
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Must be cloud based. Talking to servers on the clouds takes a lot longer, as clouds are farther away than earth-based servers.
I am so scared now I was asked a whole bunch of questions about how every single person in the world uses the internet, from online banking to facebook, and now Symantec has told me I'm a MEDIUM risk and criminals are out to get me!!!!!!!!!
I guess I should buy their software right away! SAVE ME SYMANTEC, SAVE ME!!!!
Oh, wait - the cost of their subscription fee over 10 years is less than what they say I am "worth". Or are they the criminals telling me what I'm worth to them? I'm so confused now...
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Or maybe you could just call it Facebook.
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