> Consider the magnitude of inconvenience from having your identity stolen. I think it dwarfs any minor inconvniences needed to secure your identity.
It's not as simple as a boolean situation, though. There's not any single set of security steps that a person can take to definitively 'secure their identity'.
It's a gigantic continuum, where inconvenience asymptotically increases as you approach complete security. Everyone chooses some amount of risk which is less than complete security. The only real argument is over which point along the continuum is appropriate. There is no one correct answer, either.
It's not as simple as a boolean situation, though. There's not any single set of security steps that a person can take to definitively 'secure their identity'.
It's a gigantic continuum, where inconvenience asymptotically increases as you approach complete security. Everyone chooses some amount of risk which is less than complete security. The only real argument is over which point along the continuum is appropriate. There is no one correct answer, either.