Re: "'Scammers stole £40k after EDF gave out my number"

On 3/6/2025 1:17 PM, AJL wrote:

On 3/6/2025 9:09 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
 

Anyone who assumes they're safe conducting their life online is
simply an ostrich who doesn't want to know the facts. In their
defense, the facts are well hidden. But it's still ostrich
mentality, driven by laziness.

 Perhaps the ostrich is anyone who thinks their life is not online these
days.
 

    My life is not online. Of course there's data online. What I
meant was living through a cellphone and all that entails.

Go to the doctor? Your very personal info is online and available to the
office staff, the computer service techs, the billing company, the
insurance company, and of course hackers. Pay taxes? All online and
available to many (honest?) government employees. Own a home? Here (AZ
US) hackers are selling them without the owners knowledge using online
government title info. Retired? My info is online for both my state and
fed retirement accounts both of which are direct deposited into my
online bank account. Likewise most of my investments. I could fill a
couple of more paragraphs about folks living online these days but I
think even an ostrich would get my point.
 

    Which is what? That your laziness is justified because the world
has already gone to hell? That's a good example of ostrich logic.
Non-ostrich means simply relating to your life rather than looking
for excuses not to. It's not a black/white issue. The irony is that
ostriches always put a lot of effort into defending their ignorance:
"My doctor already knows my phone number, and my SS payment
is auto-deposited, so why should I care that Google tracks me
everywhere I go?"

And of course if you think keeping your sensitive stuff only on your
home computers keeps you safe then you should talk to my neighbor who
lost all his electronics in a burglary...
 

   You missed the whole point. But I know that you're in
a rush to go buy something you don't need so that you
can get some cash back on your credit card... And I
know that you're proud of such clever consumerism.
So I won't bore you with clarifications. :)