Defeatist? No. I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s defeatist to avoid relying on something that has been proven, time and time again, to be unreliable.<p>&gt; How&#x27;s that been working out for hard drug users, file sharers, and non-molesting pedophiles?<p>Hard drug users: many countries and jurisdictions are moving towards decriminalization and legalization, as well as emphasizing treatment over jail time for non-violent drug offenders.<p>File Sharers: File sharing continues unabated as far as I can tell. The most successful efforts to stop it have been offering attractive paid alternatives rather than hunting down file sharers.<p>Non-molesting pedophiles: Admittedly, an uphill battle. But you&#x27;re here, on a public forum, mentioned them as an abused, oppressed class, so that&#x27;s something. Not the first time I&#x27;ve seen such an opinion either.<p>Privacy is nice, but it&#x27;s not a security measure. Even the NSA, with thousands of people working full time to find secrets and keep them, cannot keep their information secret.<p>&gt; The entities currently doing are centralized, so they could easily be put out of business.<p>Theoretically, yes, Congress could pass a law making credit bureaus illegal. I wouldn&#x27;t hold my breath waiting for this to happen.<p>I never said &quot;don&#x27;t secure your computer&quot;. There&#x27;s a big difference between making sure a keylogger doesn&#x27;t grab your bank account number and worrying yourself stupid because a list of places you were last week is in a database somewhere that, in all likelihood, nobody is ever going to look at. The former is a reasonable precaution against a verified threat that you can personally take useful action on. The latter is just pointless stress about some vague danger that you have little immediate control over.