While over-sharing online typically involves annoying-but-harmless pictures of food on Instagram, it's interesting to consider whether compulsive social media use or sheer thoughtlessness is to blame for the contents of @NeedADebitCard, a Twitter account that aggregates publicly tweeted photos of peoples' debit and ATM cards. While some of the photos are blurry or cropped, many clearly display the full names and account details, and in some cases even addresses, of their owners. Several posts proudly show expired or damaged cards being cut in half, their owners presumably believing, for whatever reason, that to be sufficient in deterring thieves. The absence of the card's three-digit security code, usually located on the back, is also...
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