I’m beginning to believe that the promise of the internet has been almost entirely negated by the realization that about 1/3 of your life has to be devoted to fighting off fraud of some kind. I happen to believe that about 95% of what you read on the internet is fraudulent. I don’t consider it a particularly sanguine state of affairs. I believe it generates terminal pessimism.
We have no protection.
Another data breach with emails and SSNs recently had someone say to change your passwords-—but the dark web crooks have all they need without the passwords.
-—The Luddite frank ballenger