http://www.everydayux.com/2008/05/12/design-in-the-wild-take-off-your-own-darn-tab/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:18:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.everydayux.com/2008/05/12/design-in-the-wild-take-off-your-own-darn-tab/#comment-176 arainert Wed, 14 May 2008 15:38:33 +0000 http://www.everydayux.com/?p=204#comment-176 But if I have to remove <b>and</b> 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? 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?

]]> http://www.everydayux.com/2008/05/12/design-in-the-wild-take-off-your-own-darn-tab/#comment-175 micah Wed, 14 May 2008 15:27:13 +0000 http://www.everydayux.com/?p=204#comment-175 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 <a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/03/the_security_mi_1.html" rel="nofollow"> for an interesting perspective on brining a 'security mindset' to design in the wild. 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.

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