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Footprints in the sands of digital media

There is an interesting pattern that indicates a rough security risk profile for each of us. It is by no means scientific; it may be a very "US centric" list; and I have ignored second and third order effects. Add the following numbers for yourself: 1. number of email accounts (include everything) 2. number of distinct credit cards 3. number of debit cards 4. number of social website accounts you maintain 5. number of IM/Chat/phone accounts you maintain 6. number of intranet passwords you have to remember 7. number of savings/trading/checking/retirement/legal accounts 8. number of online accounts with merchants 9. number of blogs for which you need login access 10. number of distinct internet/usenet style groups you belong to 11. number of news/info sites you browse with login access 12. number of hobby/recreation/professional sites with login access 13. number of company required login accounts (partner sites) 14. number of non-profit/voluntary group ac