The weekend before I wrote this post, Mat Honan, an otherwise savvy computer user and author, had his digital life erased. Why, did the hacker(s) target him you ask? According to Mat, “He said the hack was simply a grab for my three-character Twitter handle.” Really? So it’s just not possible to figure out why anyone might choose to hijack your identity. You just have to make the effort to protect yourself and not rely on third parties’ policies and people to do it for you. Continue reading →