Thursday, September 10, 2009

How much is your identity worth?

If you really want to know, click here and the Norton On-line Risk Calculator will let you determine how much your identity is worth on the black market.

The calculator will ask you a few questions after which you get three results: how much your online assets are worth, how much your online identity would sell for on the black market, and your risk of becoming a victim of identity theft.

This is both intriguing and scary. The survey asks some pertinent questions but doesn't even consider the platform you're on, the browser you use or a number of factors that can make life more difficult for the bad guys.

Cheers,
Dave

1 comment:

  1. Neat find, Dave.

    According to this, I'm worth a whopping $630.

    I'm not sure what to think about this, really. Is Norton trying to scare me into buying their product or is this value truly valid?

    ReplyDelete

Followers

About Me

My photo
B.Sc. ('78) and M.Sc. ('80) in Math from Ohio State followed by 12 yrs at TRW and a variety of software development positions since then. Currently living in Colorado and enjoying "trial retirement". For fun I climb mountains in the summer and ski down them in the winter, fix gourmet food and have an excellent wine cellar.