A Matter Of Trust
by John on Nov.01, 2011, under Main Stuff
I have a rather interesting question about human behavior. Why is it that people will approach a meetup for a sale made via Craigslist like a hostage situation, replete with a wingman and needing to be in broad daylight at a public place, but then at the same time turn around and hand over their address and bank account information to a complete and total stranger via the Internet without the slightest regard for who may obtain this information?
For the record, I was a good person and deleted the accounts off of the hard drive once I got the Xbox home. It’s just very strange how people can be so bloody stupid at times.
1 comment for this entry:
November 2nd, 2011 on 7:06 am
I have to admit, I too would want someone with me while going somewhere.
Threat to a physical person is a bit different, I think.
Account information, it’s possible to call your bank about.
Address, it’s possible to call the cops as you hear someone trying to break in (if you’re even around at the time).
Getting shivved by someone who might be a 230 lb bear you’d never hope to overpower and bleeding out right there? That’s frightening in a way that personally identifiable information getting out isn’t, honestly.
Which isn’t to say that PII dispersal should not be carefully decided and monitored. In my own job, I have to be very careful of that.