At What Point Does Security Become Counter-productive?

[ArticleBot]

As my recent experiences with a bank (which shall remain nameless) confirm, some people take security too far. There is a point at which more security measures actually reduce security, rather than increase it.
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[gunslinger]

Honestly, I think if someone is that concerned with online security they should not do online banking. Your computer is never 100% secure and no mater what you do as long as its online it never will be 100% secure. The only times I even do any online shopping I use a card and an account set up just for that. Keep the balence at $500 or less. If i'm making a major purchse the money goes in at 9:00 and i make the purchse at 9:01 and the vendor must contact the bank by phone.

[Bryce W]

I have a similar setup, a CCard that cannot go into the negative and I only hold under $1000 in it at all times.

However, I find its not computers and the nasties that come with them that you have to worry about. Ive found whole garbage bags filled with carbon copies of credit cards (you know those old slidey machines?).
I once checked into a hotel in Ouistreham in France that used a book at their front desk to record credit card numbers. This book was not hidden behind the desk or under it, it was ON the desk and unattended for most of the time. I nearly had a heart attack.