More likely: Be aware, your identity is easily assumed and 'bad people' may ruin your life very casually.
He's had an object lesson in the consequences, it lost him a ton of money, you really can't fault the guy from trying to recoup some of his losses with his new-found knowledge.
The article indicates that his number was stolen from a well known and generally believed safe online retailer. Someone else was stupid enough to get his number stolen. His savvy-ness is irrelevant.
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who now sells encryption services
Also: How to use the internet through Indonesian proxies and install OSes on hidden volumes.
More likely: Be aware, your identity is easily assumed and 'bad people' may ruin your life very casually.
He's had an object lesson in the consequences, it lost him a ton of money, you really can't fault the guy from trying to recoup some of his losses with his new-found knowledge.
His "new-found knowledge" is what anyone here would call common sense.
How many people on HN do you think fall in the 'common' bracket?
There is probably more IT competency here than you'd find in a very large majority of the net population.
For most people this would be news, for you and I, and most of the rest of HN it's old hat.
>"For most people this would be news"
If that's the case, I'm more out of touch with the world than I thought.
If he was savvy enough to take any of those measures in the first place, why would he be stupid enough to type his credit card number in?
The article indicates that his number was stolen from a well known and generally believed safe online retailer. Someone else was stupid enough to get his number stolen. His savvy-ness is irrelevant.