What ca we do to stop online identity theft and fraud in this country?

Written on July 12, 2011 – 9:09 am | by Brayden Lorenzini

A question from Dude: What ca we do to stop online identity theft and fraud in this country? I watched 60 minutes sunday and they said HACKERS ARE STEALING 100S OF MILLIONS A DAY BY STEALING ON LINE. I think hackers and people who steal identities should be given the immediate death penalty. Sorry Doctari, I have no idea what teh Pron is and for your info, I shop in stores, not online.

The best answer:

… sigh.

Follow these steps and your identity will not be stolen (or at least it wont be your fault when they haxxor your banks security system).

Step 1: stop looking at teh pron.

Step 2: Don’t visit crazy akbar’s internet shop of ridiculously good deals.

Step 3: Only use paypal when paying online.

Step 3a: Ebay is the devil.

Step 4: Realize this: no one wants you to look their resume’ a letter to a relative, a will etc. and every single email you get that has a link or an attachment is a virus that will act as a key logger.

There ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO RULE 4.

Step 4a: And this: Every single piece of information you download from a website is a virus that will act as a key logger. (of course this isn’t as true as rule 4 prime but it is very close).

The fact of the matter is these hackers are in other countries and actually do precious little hacking. They prey on the general ignorance of the population (and you will never go broke betting on that).

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