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That’s not bad is it? I thought Dom made a bloody good point about it being odd from now on if you don’t have a digital footprint and are under the age of say 30. There is a side swipe in there about knowing the information currently used to identify ourselves online, i.e. mother’s maiden name, date of birth etc etc. Well, that is not a transparency problem, that is a problem with the people who think that these are legitimate forms of confirming identity. Are they really expecting us to guard with our lives the maiden name of our respective mothers? Is silly…
I dunno, the initial shock on seeing the article must have been pretty unpleasant!