Because big companies like Amazon, Google, Twitter, Go Daddy, facebook etc. don't care. They have no skin in the game to protect you.

The deck is stacked against you and the big twats in the game have no incentive to care.

Also, when purchasing something that is not a one time purchase always use a disposable card.

They might just be sitting back to see what the asshole who stole @N does with it... at least they'd better be ready to react quickly when he does...

And use disposable email addresses (i.e. gmail) when signing up for anything.

They may grab one thing but not all.

Also use disposable email for backup emails.

Use a password program so you never have the same login name or email or password for anything. It doesn't protect you from poorly run firms but does cut down on the damage that can be done.

Years ago when I belonged to Metafilter someone attacked a user's account and began going after his other accounts on other sites. I used the same technique as the hackers and seized a bunch of his accounts and gave them back to him.

It's a scary online world.

foop, I'd like to believe that but at this point I don't.

Eh, don't worry about it.

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