@hornet3d: I understand what you're saying. I used to think the same thing, about personal info, how it's used, etc. But I quit caring, cause there's really nothing anyone can do about it if you function in the modern world of tech on any level. If you own a smart phone, if you use an e-mail account, if you have a bank account even. If you do any spending at any store with anything other than cash. It's just not worth stressing over, because if someone wants your personal data they can easily get it, one way or another. The government's goal is to track everybody and record everything they can about them, and unless you can afford to disappear and build your own place somewhere out in the sticks and completely off the grid, you're not going to escape that no matter what you do. We live in the age of Big Brother. So the best bet, in my opinion, is to just blend in, cause the ones who try to hide wind up looking that much more suspicious to those that are paying attention. And if someone wants to steal my identity for credit - LOL, good luck with that one. Maybe they can do a better job with it than I have. I didn't know a credit score could get as low as mine is. Seriously. And it's all due to my student loans, which I have no way of paying off, and they never go away. Can't be discharged in bankruptcy, they follow you like a shadow and only continue to grow interest, late fees and penalties. If I told you how much they are you'd likely drop a brick or two. Before I went to school I had decent credit. Not great, but not horrible either.