by Alex Rainert on May 12, 2008 · Comments
I received my new health insurance card and it came with a little tab along the side with instructions to remove (and discard) said tab. As far as I can tell, there’s no reason that this tab had to make the trip with my card. I know I’m being nitpicky here but it just seems completely unnecessary.
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Just a Devil’s advocate argument: This acts as a sort of proof or receipt, like when you sign/activate a credit card. I don’t know what, if any, benefit that actually provides to you or to your insurance company, but identity theft is big and complicated, and presumably there is something clever the bad guys could do if they got their hands on your insurance card.
See for an interesting perspective on brining a ’security mindset’ to design in the wild.
But if I have to remove and then discard it (ie. not hold onto it as proof of ownership should I lose this card) how is that stopping any bad guys from doing anything?
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