Tag Archives: privacy

security is just too hard

I take protecting my personal privacy and security very seriously. I burn old bank statements and receipts, refuse to give my SSN to almost every company that asks for it, and wouldn’t give my computer password to my own mother. So when I was asked to fax a document containing lots of personal […]

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SSN frustrations

Anyone who has known me for very long has probably heard me rant sometime or another about social security numbers, and if you haven’t then here’s your chance. It aggravates me to no end how flippant so many individuals and corporations are about tossing around social security numbers. They either don’t realize how […]

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technology and privacy

some would call me hypocritical. i don’t think so… i would just say i’m choosy.

I particularly enjoy shopping at stores like Radio Shack and Family Christian Bookstore. Not because of what they sell (although I do enjoy killing time in both of those places), but because of what happens when i go to checkout. They ask […]

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